After each having a week off, the McCallum Knights and the Pflugerville Panthers will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, McCallum came up short against Bastrop and fell 39-32. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even though they lost, McCallum was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 393 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Pflugerville duked it out withElgin last Friday. Pflugerville fell just short of Elgin by a score of 38-35. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now lost four in a row.
Pflugerville might have lost, but man, Rhyder Miller was a machine: he rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Quentin James, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
McCallum now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Pflugerville, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
McCallum lost to Pflugerville on the road by a decisive 35-21 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. Can McCallum avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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