Jacksboro hasn't had much luck against Gunter recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Jacksboro Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Gunter Tigers at 2:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Jacksboro is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 62-34 win over Scurry-Rosser. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Wildcats are ranked 486th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wyatt Gavit continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 493 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 77 yards. Cannon Valenzuela was another key player, picking up 151 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Jacksboro wouldn't let Scurry-Rosser keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jacksboro can thank Lucas Cornish and Kase Dennis for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Gunter had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 49.5 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They blew past the Mustangs 45-14. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Tigers had established a 24 point advantage.
Jacksboro has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Gunter, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Jacksboro suffered a grim 55-33 defeat to Gunter in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Thankfully for Jacksboro, Walker Overman (who rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry, and also threw for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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