The Tioga Bulldogs and the Wolfe City Wolves will meet in a canine-themed contest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Tioga comes in on four and Wolfe City on five.
Tioga is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Alvord: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Tioga's way against Alvord on Friday as Tioga made off with a 50-24 victory. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Tioga had established a 21 point advantage.
Johnny Dorpinghaus and Jonathan Hernandez were among the main playmakers for Tioga as the former picked up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Hernandez has posted since back in November of 2023.
Tioga was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Tioga wouldn't let Alvord keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Caden Downing, Hernandez, and Jaxton Dejernett picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wolfe City). They breezed by Whitewright to the tune of 70-28 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-14.
It was another big night for Hd Davis, who rushed for 350 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 102 rushing yards in the 12th games prior. Another player making a difference was Brennon Russell, who picked up 94 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Tioga pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Wolfe City, their record is now 7-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Tioga has been excellent in the air this season, having averaged 315.6 passing yards per game. It's a different story for Wolfe City, though, as they've been averaging only 127. How will they fare against such a dominant passing game?
Tioga took a serious blow against Wolfe City in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, falling 46-14. Can Tioga avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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