The Kirbyville Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the East Chambers Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Kirbyville is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Kirbyville took on Orangefield on Friday. Kirbyville took a blow against Orangefield, falling 49-14. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 736th, while the Bobcats are ranked 336th).
Meanwhile, East Chambers humbled Coldspring-Oakhurst with a 47-18 victory. The matchup marked the Buccaneers' most dominant victory of the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Chambers to victory, but perhaps none more so than Koby Jones, who rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Jarrell Smith, who gained 153 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Chambers was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Kirbyville now has a losing record at 3-4. As for East Chambers, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything came up roses for Kirbyville against East Chambers when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 36-6 victory. Will Kirbyville repeat their success, or does East Chambers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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