The Jayton Jaybirds will venture away from home to challenge the Hermleigh Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Jayton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: Knox City, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Jayton was ranked first). Jayton claimed a resounding 80-30 win over Knox City on the road. Fans of the Jaybirds have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, Hermleigh put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Loraine 62-12 at home. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 123rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jayton's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Hermleigh, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Jayton was dealt a bruising 66-36 loss at the hands of Hermleigh in their previous matchup back in August of 2017. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Jayton was down 34-6.
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