The Dexter Tigers will face off against the Houlton Shiretowners at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dexter is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Bucksport, who was ranked 14th at the time (Dexter was ranked 11th). The Tigers blew past the Golden Bucks, posting a 50-6 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 34 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Houlton). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Washington Academy 48-6. The victory continues a trend for the Shiretowners in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now won four in a row.
The win got Houlton back to even at 3-3. As for Dexter, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Dexter beat Houlton 41-28 in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Shiretowners turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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