Elgin and Bastrop are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Bears at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Elgin is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Crockett to the tune of 70-26 on Thursday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Wildcats needed considering they were shut out in their previous matchup.
Jeremiah Nicholson
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Elgin got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jeremiah Nicholson out in front who rushed for 201 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance also gave Nicholson a new career-high in rushing touchdowns (two). Another player making a difference was Michael Mejias, who rushed for 122 yards and three scores on only seven carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Elgin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 466 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 83.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 268.
Meanwhile, Bastrop strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They claimed a resounding 71-0 victory over Navarro. Considering the Bears have won five games by more than 40 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Bastrop's win came from a few key players Elgin will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Gary Jefferson Jr., who rushed for 64 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brent Carter, who picked up 83 receiving yards and three TDs.
Bastrop's win bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Elgin, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-6.
Elgin suffered a grim 47-24 defeat to Bastrop in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Bears' Weston Nielsen, who threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in one score on the ground. Now that the Wildcats know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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