The Grapeland Sandies will face off against the Overton Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Grapeland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 39-29 win over Goldthwaite. The Sandies pushed the score to 39-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Overton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 31-30 victory over the Panthers.
Bryce Still was his usual excellent self, rushing for 78 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 246 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt. Bryson Bobbitt was Still's top target, picking up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Grapeland pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.5 points per game. As for Overton, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
Grapeland came up short against Overton in their previous meeting back in September, falling 41-36. Can Grapeland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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