The Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will challenge the Port Neches-Groves Indians on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Midlothian Heritage sitting on six straight victories and Port Neches-Groves on 12.
Midlothian Heritage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They secured a 42-38 W over Texas.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Dax Montelongo and Kameron Wrightner. Montelongo had a great game and rushed for 60 yards and one touchdown. Meanwhile, Wrightner was balling out in the loss, rushing for 121 yards and a pair of TDs on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 148 yards on nine of 18 attempts.
Midlothian Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The team can thank two different players for their defensive prowess: Aaron Cowans and Maddox Aldape, who each picked up one interception apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Port Neches-Groves). They claimed a resounding 63-21 win over Ennis. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-7.
Midlothian Heritage better focus on containing Tyson Henry and Tyson Waguespack as the pair were huge in Port Neches-Groves' win. Henry rushed for 282 yards and four scores while picking up 17.6 yards per carry, while Waguespack rushed for 130 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only seven carries. With that strong performance, Henry is now averaging an impressive 184 rushing yards per game.
Port Neches-Groves was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 565 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Midlothian Heritage's record is now 9-3. As for Port Neches-Groves, their record now sits at 12-0.
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