White Oak is 0-6 against Tatum since September of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The White Oak Roughnecks are taking a road trip to take on the Tatum Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
White Oak is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Liberty-Eylau on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. White Oak was beaten by Liberty-Eylau 78-20. While losing is never fun, the Roughnecks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Leopards are ranked 136th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jaxsen Ludlow and Trip Baysinger. Baysinger had a great game and threw for 410 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, Ludlow did his best for the losing side, throwing for 154 yards on eight of 18 attempts, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
White Oak wouldn't let Liberty-Eylau keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. White Oak can thank Scotty Breitenberg and Michael Morgan for forcing both of them. Morgan also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. White Oak got some further help from Trevor Sizemore: he made 12 total tackles.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 33 points the game before, Tatum was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They took a blow against Atlanta, falling 42-7. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
White Oak's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Tatum, they dropped their record down to 4-3 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
White Oak took a serious blow against Tatum in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 49-15. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tatum's Cole Watson, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Now that White Oak knows 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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