The Life Waxahachie Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Alvarado Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Life Waxahachie hasn't scored more than seven points for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Life Waxahachie is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Kennedale on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Mustangs took a blow against the Wildcats, falling 56-7. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1035th, while the Wildcats are ranked 325th).
Special teams was responsible for all of the team's points. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Gramm Jones, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Alvarado strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They breezed past Lake Worth to the tune of 63-0. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Indians had established a 56-point advantage.
Life Waxahachie better focus on containing KJ Jenkins and Demarcus Belton as the pair were huge in Alvarado's win. Jenkins threw for 447 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 19.4 yards per attempt, while Belton gained 271 total yards and five touchdowns. Belton really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 72 yards. A healthy portion of Jenkins' aerial production (87 yards to be exact) went to Schyler Dethorne, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Alvarado's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Life Waxahachie, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Life Waxahachie was taken down by Alvarado 79-13 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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