The West Orange-Stark Mustangs will challenge the Tarkington Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Orange-Stark has six straight wins, Tarkington has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
West Orange-Stark's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They really took it to Silsbee for the full four quarters, racking up a 35-0 victory. Considering the Mustangs have won four matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Tarkington's offense. They took a blow against Hamshire-Fannett on Friday, falling 65-0. While losing is never fun, Tarkington can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 964th, while Hamshire-Fannett is ranked 119th).
West Orange-Stark pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Tarkington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything came up roses for West Orange-Stark against Tarkington when the teams last played back in November of 2016, as the squad secured a 73-0 victory. Does West Orange-Stark have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tarkington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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