The Palestine Wildcats will challenge the Marshall Mavericks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Palestine will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Palestine lost 35-9 to Athens on Friday. The Wildcats were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-7.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last game, Marshall made sure to put some points up on the board against Tyler Legacy on Friday. Marshall simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Tyler Legacy 55-28 on the road. Given the Mavericks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Raiders are ranked 320th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Semaj Gatson was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 275 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Bush, who rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Marshall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 576 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Palestine's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Marshall, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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