Highland has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Hermleigh Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Highland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Blackwell with a sharp 66-44 win last Friday. Highland pushed the score to 60-30 by the end of the third, a deficit Blackwell cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Hermleigh was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Leakey 78-34 at home. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Eagles are ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Highland's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Hermleigh, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Highland strolled past Hermleigh when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 76-60. Will Highland repeat their success, or does Hermleigh have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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