A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions dukes it out withthe Corsicana Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kaufman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.3 points per game this season.
Kaufman took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Poteet 28-27. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Pirates are ranked 553rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Kaufman's win came down to the chemistry between Ty Burleson and his top target Aljour Miles II. Burleson threw for 302 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt while Miles II picked up 238 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Miles II was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 61 yards.
Kaufman didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jeremiah Brown and Johnathan Wrenn. What's more, Wrenn also racked up 64 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Corsicana was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Greenville by a score of 16-14. While the Tigers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lions 7-0 in the first quarter.
Kaufman is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Corsicana, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Kaufman took a serious blow against Corsicana in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, falling 40-7. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Kaufman was down 33-7.
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