The Jacksboro Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Burkburnett Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Jacksboro's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Jacksboro is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Jim Ned just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 42-40. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (32), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Jacksboro might have lost, but man, Luke Sams was a machine: he rushed for 174 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries. Sams' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 132 rushing yards dating back to last season. Cannon Valenzuela also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 130 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Burkburnett scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They were outmatched by Holliday on the road and fell 56-18. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 874th, while the Eagles are ranked 365th).
Burkburnett's loss came about despite a quality game from Brody Boyd, who threw for 139 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes.
Jacksboro's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-1. As for Burkburnett, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
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