Blue Ridge is 0-6 against Leonard since October of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Blue Ridge Tigers will square off against the Leonard Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blue Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 55-6 win over S & S Consolidated. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 445th, while the Rams are ranked 1166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Leonard had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They walked away with a 28-21 victory over the Bulldogs. The win almost wasn't to be: the Tigers were down 14-0 in the third quarter.
Blue Ridge's record now sits at 4-1. As for Leonard, their record is now 5-1.
Blue Ridge came up short against Leonard when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 59-50. Can Blue Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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