The Shallowater Mustangs will challenge the Paradise Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Shallowater sitting on nine straight victories and Paradise on ten.
Shallowater is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They strolled past Vernon with points to spare, taking the game 22-7. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Lions are ranked 415th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Shallowater came from Logan Winn, Rylan Brown, and Hudson Franklin.
Meanwhile, Paradise narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Jim Ned 10-7.
Shallowater pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33 points. As for Paradise, their record now sits at 11-2.
Shallowater couldn't quite finish off Paradise in their previous meeting back in November of 2022 and fell 17-14. Thankfully for Shallowater, Austin Iglesias (who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 94 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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