Anahuac is 1-7 against Orangefield since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Anahuac Panthers duke it out with the Orangefield Bobcats at 6:00 p.m.
Anahuac is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 16th straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They took a blow against Warren, falling 49-5.
Meanwhile, Orangefield had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 54-42. The Bobcats pushed the score to 49-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Orangefield is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Anahuac, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Anahuac took a serious blow against Orangefield in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 56-17. Can Anahuac avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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