The Navarro Vikings will head out to square off against the Bastrop Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Navarro has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while Bastrop will come in with six straight wins.
On Friday, Navarro came up short against Crockett and fell 27-14.
Meanwhile, Bastrop was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past Pflugerville Connally 62-18. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Cougars are ranked 656th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bastrop's win came from a few key players Navarro will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Gary Jefferson Jr., who rushed for 208 yards and a pair of touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 95 receiving yards and one TD. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Weston Nielsen was another key player, throwing for 292 yards and six TDs while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt.
Navarro's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Bastrop, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Navarro was taken down by Bastrop 69-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nielsen, who threw for 130 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes, and also punched in one rushing score. Now that the Vikings know 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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