The Pilot Point Bearcats will venture away from home to take on the Whitesboro Bearcats at 7:30 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.
It was a proper cat-fight when Pilot Point duked it out withPottsboro on Friday. Pilot Point fell 48-40 to Pottsboro. While losing is never fun, the Bearcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1019th, while the Cardinals are ranked 409th).
Meanwhile, Whitesboro never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past A Plus Academy, posting a 71-0 win. That 71 point margin sets a new team best for the Bearcats this season.
Colt Fagan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 163 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Rip Harper also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Whitesboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 83.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four matches they've averaged 222.2.
Pilot Point's defeat was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Whitesboro, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Pilot Point came up short against Whitesboro when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 30-18. Can Pilot Point avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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