After each having a week off, the Tolar Rattlers and the Early Longhorns will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tolar has four straight wins, Early has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Tolar is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Breckenridge, posting a 42-6 victory on the road. With that win, the Rattlers brought their scoring average up to 28.8 points per game.
Peyton Brown was his usual excellent self, rushing for 126 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 45 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Tolar was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, a victory for Early just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Comanche, falling 54-20. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 857th, while the Indians are ranked 366th).
Tolar's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Early, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything came up roses for Tolar against Early in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 48-14 victory. In that matchup, Tolar amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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