The Brownwood Lions will venture away from home to face off against the Stephenville Yellow Jackets/Honeybees at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Brownwood took a loss when they played away from home on October 11th, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Burnet 31-30.
Meanwhile, Stephenville earned a 42-31 win over Lampasas on Friday. Given the Yellow Jackets/Honeybees' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Badgers are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Stephenville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ryan Gafford, who threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Gafford is now averaging an impressive 3.1 passing touchdowns per game. Tristian Gentry was Gafford's top target, picking up 152 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Brownwood is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Stephenville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Brownwood came up short against Stephenville when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 27-17. Can Brownwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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