After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Wills Point is finally coming home. They will welcome the Mabank Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are at an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014.
Wills Point's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 50-0 win over Venus. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their seven-point performance the match before.
Jett Fletcher had a dynamite game for Wills Point, throwing for 231 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes, while also rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Another player making a difference was Brian Martinez, who picked up 32 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wills Point's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Jacob Samples and his two. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 7 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, Mabank came into Friday's game having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Kemp by a score of 20-7 on Friday.
Mabank was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kemp only rushed for 74.
The victory got Wills Point back to even at 1-1. As for Mabank, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1.
Wills Point took a serious blow against Mabank in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, falling 49-0. Thankfully for Wills Point, Beau Kilgore (who threw for 177 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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