Madisonville took care of business in their home opener on Friday (barely). They pulled ahead with a 28-27 photo finish over the Diboll Lumberjacks. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Lumberjacks are ranked 468th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Phillip Green had a dynamite game for Madisonville, rushing for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Whaley, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Diboll lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jamauri Gallien, who rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Madisonville will look to defend their home field on Friday against Navasota at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Navasota focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday. As for Diboll, they will square off against West Rusk on Friday. Hopefully Diboll focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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