The Grand Saline Indians will venture away from home to square off against the Edgewood Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Grand Saline sitting on five straight wins and Edgewood on three.
Grand Saline's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Harmony, posting a 51-0 victory at home. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 45 points or more this season.
Jett Taylor was his usual excellent self, rushing for 184 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Edgewood won against Prairiland last Friday with 48 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Edgewood blew past Quitman 48-14 on the road. The game marked Edgewood's most dominant win of the season.
Edgewood found their leader in underclassman Trevor Golightly, who threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes, and also rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Those 88 rushing yards gave Golightly a new career-high. Jathen Johnson was Golightly's top target, picking up 93 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Edgewood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Edgewood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Dominick Jackson.
Grand Saline pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Edgewood, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Grand Saline and Edgewood were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but Grand Saline came up empty-handed after a 28-27 defeat. Can Grand Saline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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