Winnsboro is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Malakoff is on a 11-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Winnsboro Raiders will welcome the Malakoff Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Winnsboro's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They blew past Mount Vernon 62-0. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Tigers are ranked 885th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Malakoff put their dominant defense on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. They breezed by Mount Vernon to the tune of 70-0.
Malakoff's win bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Winnsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Winnsboro took a serious blow against Malakoff when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 58-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Malakoff's Jerrion Hall, who rushed for 179 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Now that Winnsboro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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