The Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls will venture away from home to face off against the Troup Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Anderson-Shiro's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 48-0 victory over Warren. Given the Fighting Owls' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 540th, while the Warriors are ranked 1092nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Troup). They breezed by Buffalo to the tune of 57-21 on Friday. Considering the Tigers have won three contests by more than 31 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Bryce Wallum was his usual excellent self, rushing for 246 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only eight passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Josh Childress, who picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Troup was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in ten consecutive games.
Anderson-Shiro's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 39.3 points. As for Troup, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
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