Silsbee has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the West Orange-Stark Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Silsbee is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 44-3 win over Tarkington on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Longhorns are ranked 974th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Silsbee came from Gavin Hayes, Michael Moshier, Matsyn Morris, Carter Howard, and Gary Farr.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Silsbee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Silsbee didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Julian Brown and Farr. Farr also rushed for 123 rushing yards, which is notable because Silsbee is undefeated when he posts at least 100 rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, West Orange-Stark came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Pirates at home to the tune of 62-16. The match marked the Mustangs' most dominant victory of the season.
Silsbee's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for West Orange-Stark, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Silsbee strolled past West Orange-Stark in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 20-6. Does Silsbee have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Orange-Stark turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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