A feisty cat fight will be fought as Texas challenge Lufkin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Texas is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Jacksonville on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Fightin' Indians. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 567th, while the Fightin' Indians are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, Lufkin had just enough and edged out Hallsville 2-1 on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Bobcats: they've now won five in a row.
Texas' loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Lufkin, their win bumped their record up to 9-5.
Texas might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Lufkin when the teams last played back in February. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Texas was down 3-0.
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