Two dominant backs in Jakoby Dixon and Sincere Timpson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Brenham Cubs will take on the Randle Lions at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Brenham comes in on seven and Randle on 12.
Brenham is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Liberty Hill 30-27. The 30-point effort marked the Cubs' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Xyran Upshaw went supernova for Brenham, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Upshaw a new career-high in rushing yards. Cartelle Brown was another key player, picking up 126 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Randle). They never let Elgin onto the board and left with a 79-0 win on Friday. Fans of the Lions have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Tyler Skrabanek was the offensive standout of the matchup as he threw for 143 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Another big playmaker for Randle was Cedrick McClintock, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Brenham's record now sits at 11-1. As for Randle, their record now sits at 12-0.
Brenham suffered a grim 52-28 defeat to Randle when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Skrabanek, who threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. Now that Brenham knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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