Two dominant signal callers in Roman Morales and Coltyn Fulton are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Saginaw Rough Riders will face off against the Tascosa Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Saginaw comes in on 12 and Tascosa on three.
Saginaw is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Azle , sneaking past 41-39.
It was another big night for Morales, who threw for 478 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Aidan Collier was in the mix as well, providing Saginaw with two touchdowns.
Saginaw wouldn't let Azle keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Saginaw can thank Collier and Jahirim Skinner for forcing both of them. Collier is also on a roll when it comes to receiving touchdowns, as he's now hauled in two or more in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Tascosa gave up the first points last Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. Everything went their way against Americas as Tascosa made off with a 30-9 win. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Trail Blazers are ranked 865th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fulton was his usual excellent self, rushing for 135 yards and two touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Tascosa's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Reese Cabe, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown.
Saginaw's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.6 points per game. As for Tascosa, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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