Midway hasn't had much luck against Waxahachie recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Midway Panthers will take on the Waxahachie Indians at 7:00 p.m.
Midway will head out to face Waxahachie after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Midway lost to Copperas Cove at home by a 34-16 margin. The Panthers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Lathan Whisenton and Kj (Lejuandro) Zeigler. Zeigler had a great game and rushed for 169 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Whisenton was balling out in the loss, rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also picking up 32 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Waxahachie). They breezed by Mesquite to the tune of 57-0 on Thursday. Winning may never get old, but the Indians sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Waxahachie's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jerry Meyer Iii, who threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Tristian Gardner was Meyer Iii's top target, picking up 179 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Waxahachie's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB 12 times. Jacob Ervin and Matthew Grant were the leaders of the group effort as each produced three apiece. Carmelo Clawson has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last six times he's played.
Waxahachie's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.7 points per game. As for Midway, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.
Midway and Waxahachie were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in November of 2023, but Midway suffered an agonizing 20-19 loss. Can Midway avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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