Two dominant signal callers in Ethan Salazar and Cooper Ryan Schilling are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Levelland Lobos are taking a road trip to square off against the Perryton Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Levelland is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 41 points on October 3rd, they were much more limited against Estacado last Friday. They fell 20-13 to the Matadors. While losing is never fun, the Lobos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 697th, while the Matadors are ranked 326th).
Although Levelland took the loss, they still got scores from Noah Martin and Salazar.
Meanwhile, Perryton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Estacado. On the bright side, the 51- point effort marked the Rangers' highest-scoring matchup to date.
Levelland will have to contain Marco Najera as he made an impact in Perryton's last game. He picked up 154 receiving yards and three scores. Another player making a difference was Isaac Arellano, who rushed for 83 yards and one TD.
Levelland's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Perryton, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Levelland has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 370.4 total yards per game. However, it's not like Perryton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 367 total yards. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Levelland couldn't quite get it done against Perryton in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 as they fell 43-35. Can the Lobos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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