The Waxahachie Indians will face off against the Lancaster Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Waxahachie is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.9 points per game this season.
On Thursday, Waxahachie needed a bit of extra time to put away Skyline. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Raiders 16-13. The 16-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Waxahachie got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Trenton Kidd out in front who picked up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown. Kidd showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 50 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Waxahachie's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cade Pointer and Carmelo Clawson, who racked up six sacks between them. With that strong performance, Clawson is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game. Waxahachie got some further help from Kaden Tolleson: he picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lancaster, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Mesquite 45-0. The contest marked the Tigers' most dominant win of the season.
The victory (which was Waxahachie's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. As for Lancaster, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season.
Waxahachie strolled past Lancaster when the teams last played back in November of 2017 by a score of 30-16. Does Waxahachie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lancaster turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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