Bastrop has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the McCallum Knights at 7:30 p.m. Bastrop's defense has only allowed 17.5 points per game this season, so McCallum's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Bastrop is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Crockett 69-6 on the road last Thursday. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 324th, while the Cougars are ranked 1022nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Weston Nielsen and Ladainian Merino were among the main playmakers for Bastrop as the former threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns while completing 90.9% of his passes and the latter rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance also gave Nielsen a new career-high in rushing yards. Another passer making a difference was Quintaelyn Joyner, who threw for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bastrop was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bastrop wouldn't let Crockett keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bastrop can thank Austin Moilan and Zac Wilkinson for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, McCallum entered their matchup against Elgin on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. McCallum lost 50-26 to Elgin.
The win got Bastrop back to even at 2-2. As for McCallum, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-2.
Everything went Bastrop's way against McCallum when the teams last played back in October of 2015, as Bastrop made off with a 40-16 victory. Does Bastrop have another victory up their sleeve, or will McCallum turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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