The Randle Lions will face off against the Bastrop Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Randle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed past Pflugerville Connally to the tune of 59-28. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Cougars are ranked 576th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tyler Skrabanek
| 11/21/25 vs Pflugerville Connally | 14 |
| 11/13/25 vs Ellison | -1 |
| 10/25/25 @ Terry | 7 |
| 09/12/25 vs Fort Bend Travis | 1 |
| 09/04/25 @ Alief Elsik | 2 |
| 08/29/25 vs Foster | 16 |
Randle's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Tyler Skrabanek, who threw for 233 yards and three TDs while completing 82.4% of his passes, and Amari Louisville, who gained 122 total yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Skrabanek racked up 14 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in August. Mason Mixon also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Randle's defense and their four sacks. That dominant display was truly a team effort as four different players picked up one apiece. They got some further help from Noriel Dominguez: he picked up a sack, forced one fumble, and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Bastrop against University on Saturday as the team secured a 69-42 victory. The Bears pushed the score to 62-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans cut but never quite recovered from.
Randle better keep an eye on Gary Jefferson Jr.. He was instrumental in Bastrop's win, rushing for 381 yards and six scores while picking up 11.2 yards per carry, and also picking up 47 receiving yards and one touchdown. Jefferson Jr. was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 53 yards. Another player making a difference was Weston Nielsen, who threw for 218 yards and three TDs.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Bastrop proved: they limited University to a paltry three yards per carry. The Bears didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 10.6.
Bastrop pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37.2 points. As for Randle, their record now sits at 12-0.
