Escambia has gone 8-2 against Tate recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Escambia Gators will challenge the Tate Aggies at 7:00 p.m. Escambia is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Last Friday, in a tight matchup that could have gone either way, Escambia made off with a 14-13 win over Pine Forest.
Georqirous Moultrie went supernova for Escambia, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown. Those 118 rushing yards gave Moultrie a new career-high.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tate). They blew past Crestview 54-30 on Friday. Considering the Aggies have won five contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Taite Davis and Jayzion Mcqueen. Davis had a great game and threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. Meanwhile, Mcqueen was balling out in the loss, throwing for 174 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 111 yards on only ten carries.
Tate wouldn't let Crestview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Tate can thank Amari English and Brayden Walker for forcing both of them. Walker has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last seven times he's played.
Escambia pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Tate, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Everything came up roses for Escambia against Tate in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 52-19 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Escambia since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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