The Sweetwater Mustangs will take on the Wall Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sweetwater is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Estacado 39-25 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Mustangs considering their seven-point performance the game before.
It was another big night for Korda Moore, who rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Caiden Ortiz, who rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sweetwater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Sweetwater wouldn't let Estacado keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sweetwater can thank Talan Lujan and Hassani Myers for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Wall was able to grind out a solid victory over Monahans on Friday, taking the game 27-20. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Loboes are ranked 629th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wall to victory, but perhaps none more so than Reid Robertson, who picked up 69 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Landon H York, who threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes.
The win got Sweetwater back to even at 2-2. As for Wall, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
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