The Bruceville-Eddy Eagles will take on the Marlin Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bruceville-Eddy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Moody with a sharp 40-15 win on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Marlin got the win against Crawford on Friday by a conclusive 28-7. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won three contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Marlin's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. In that department, Aarik Smith-Shelley was the leader with two sacks. Brysen Maxwell-Steele was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
The victory got Bruceville-Eddy back to even at 3-3. As for Marlin, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Bruceville-Eddy took a serious blow against Marlin when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 57-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marlin's Roderick Suiters, who threw for 109 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Now that Bruceville-Eddy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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