Thrall hasn't had much luck against Lexington recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Thrall Tigers will challenge the Lexington Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Thrall is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Hempstead, posting a 63-0 victory on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 471st, while the Bobcats are ranked 1057th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lexington put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Caldwell at home to the tune of 52-7. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 29-0.
Kase Evans was his usual excellent self, throwing for 261 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 32 yards and a touchdown. Those 32 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Mason Biehle was Evans' top target, rushing for 77 yards and two touchdowns.
Lexington wouldn't let Caldwell keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lexington can thank Lincoln Bryan and John Williams for forcing both of them. Gunner Clopton was another major factor on D, making ten total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lexington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 227 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
The win made it two in a row for Thrall and bumps their season record up to 5-1. As for Lexington, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Thrall was taken down by Lexington 66-12 in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Thrall avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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