Naaman Forest hasn't had much luck against Sachse recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Naaman Forest Rangers will welcome the Sachse Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Naaman Forest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past North Garland 53-13 on Friday. With that victory, the Rangers brought their scoring average up to 28.8 points per game.
DeAngelo Perales continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 271 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. Derrick Obi helped Perales out on the ground, rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Naaman Forest's defense and their six sacks. Nehemiah Bradley was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also made six total tackles, which is notable because Naaman Forest is undefeated when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise.
Naaman Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 221 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Sachse waltzed into their matchup on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They claimed a resounding 55-21 win over the Titans. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Titans are ranked 625th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Brendon Haygood, who rushed for 380 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 21.1 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 99-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Dirk Williams Jr., who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Naaman Forest pushed their record up to 4-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Sachse, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Thursday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Naaman Forest has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 214.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Sachse struggles in that department as they've been averaging 263.9. It's looking like Thursday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Naaman Forest took a serious blow against Sachse in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 49-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Naaman Forest was down 35-0.
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