The West Mesquite Wranglers will face off against the Newman Smith Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Newman Smith will be up against a hot West Mesquite squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. The Wranglers simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Creekview 53-21. The Wranglers pushed the score to 53-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Newman Smith really took it to Adams for the full four quarters, racking up a 50-7 win. With the Trojans ahead 44-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Newman Smith's win came from a few key players West Mesquite will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Gianfranco Fuentes, who rushed for 28 yards and three TDs. Those three rushing touchdowns gave him a new career-high.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Newman Smith proved: they limited Adams to a paltry 0.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Antwand Polk for the heroic effort on defense: he. Newman Smith didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.2.
West Mesquite's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Newman Smith, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
West Mesquite was able to grind out a solid victory over Newman Smith in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, winning 20-13. Do the Wranglers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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