Tate hasn't had much luck against Escambia recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Tate Aggies will stay at home for another week and welcome the Escambia Gators at 7:00 p.m. Tate is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season.
Tate is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Crestview on Friday as Tate made off with a 54-30 win. The result was nothing new for the Aggies, who have now won five matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Taite Davis and Jayzion Mcqueen. Davis had a great game and threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. Meanwhile, Mcqueen was balling out in the loss, throwing for 174 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 111 yards on only ten carries.
Tate wouldn't let Crestview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Tate can thank Amari English and Brayden Walker for forcing both of them. Walker has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last seven times he's played.
Meanwhile, Escambia came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They pulled ahead with a 14-13 photo finish over the Eagles.
Georqirous Moultrie was a one-man wrecking crew for Escambia as he rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Moultrie a new career-high in rushing yards.
Tate's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Escambia, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Tate took a serious blow against Escambia when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 52-19. Thankfully for Tate, Anthony Hall (who threw for 210 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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