The A Plus Academy Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Whitesboro Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. A Plus Academy is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
On Friday, A Plus Academy was beaten by Pottsboro 57-6. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1074th, while the Cardinals are ranked 283rd).
Meanwhile, Whitesboro ended up a good deal behind Palmer on Friday and lost 46-28.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Colt Fagan and Eric Cisneros. Cisneros had a great game and rushed for 172 yards and four TDs while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Fagan did his best for the losing side, throwing for 190 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Whitesboro didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Shayne Gabbert and Hayden Hendry.
A Plus Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Whitesboro, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-3.
A Plus Academy was taken down by Whitesboro 71-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fagan, who threw for 163 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punched in one score on the ground. Now that the Knights know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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