Two dominant signal callers in Weston Nielsen and Kaeden Johnson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Bastrop Bears will challenge the Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bastrop comes in on eight and Fort Bend Marshall on three.
Bastrop is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 66-14 victory over Lanier. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Voks are ranked 892nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bastrop's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nielsen led the charge by throwing for 259 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Quintaelyn Joyner, who rushed for 28 yards and three touchdowns.
University typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Fort Bend Marshall proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Trojans 52-14. The result was nothing new for the Buffalos, who have now won five matches by 24 points or more so far this season.
Fort Bend Marshall is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.1 points per game. As for Bastrop, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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