The Muleshoe Mules will head out to square off against the Slaton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Muleshoe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Muleshoe beat Littlefield 55-51. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mules.
It was another big night for Nathan Martens, who rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per attempt. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Muleshoe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Slaton faced off against Littlefield last Friday. Slaton took a hard 55-36 fall against Littlefield.
Muleshoe's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Slaton, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-2.
Muleshoe was dealt a bruising 70-28 loss at the hands of Slaton in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Can Muleshoe avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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