The Gladewater Bears will face off against the Liberty-Eylau Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Gladewater is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sabine 49-14 on the road on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Brayson Woods was a one-man wrecking crew for Gladewater as he picked up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 57 yards. That's the most rushing yards Woods has posted since back in October of 2023. Grafton Morgan was in the mix as well, providing Gladewater with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gladewater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sabine only rushed for 90.
Gladewater didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Madaxx Vasquez and Aubry Floyd.
Meanwhile, Liberty-Eylau earned a 36-26 victory over Tatum on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Leopards.
Trip Baysinger continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 150 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 92 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Liberty-Eylau wouldn't let Tatum keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Avion Golston was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 6.6 total tackles per game. Liberty-Eylau got some further help from Malik Stephens: he made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The win got Gladewater back to even at 3-3. As for Liberty-Eylau, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Gladewater has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 186.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Liberty-Eylau struggles in that department as they've been averaging 172.4. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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