The Jasper Bulldogs will take on the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Jasper has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Hamshire-Fannett will come in with four straight wins.
Jasper will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat West Orange-Stark on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 44-point defeat they were dealt back in September. Jasper fell just short of West Orange-Stark by a score of 39-36. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 411th, while the Mustangs are ranked 118th).
Meanwhile, Hamshire-Fannett hadn't done well against Silsbee recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Hamshire-Fannett's way against Silsbee as Hamshire-Fannett made off with a 35-14 victory. The Longhorns might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 20 points or more this season.
Ty Bryson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 202 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Braxton Starnes was Bryson's top target, picking up 112 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Hamshire-Fannett didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Pierce Pirtle and Maliki Adams. Hamshire-Fannett got some further help from Brendan Miller: he made 16 total tackles.
Jasper's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Hamshire-Fannett, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Jasper couldn't quite finish off Hamshire-Fannett when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 31-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hamshire-Fannett's Chris Augustine, who rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Jasper 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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