On Friday, the Sanger Indians came up short against the Pottsboro Cardinals and fell 42-35. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 608th, while the Cardinals are ranked 278th).
Sanger's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Reginald Jones, who rushed for 180 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Joel Rodriguez also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Even though they lost, Sanger was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 275 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Cayden Humphrey had a dynamite game for Pottsboro, rushing for 207 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Humphrey a new career-high in rushing yards. Zavier Brady was Humphrey's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Sanger and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Pottsboro, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Sanger will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on Community at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Pottsboro, they will square off against Mount Vernon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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