The Smithville Tigers will take on the Salado Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Smithville is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Smithville's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Wimberley on Friday. They took a blow against the Texans, falling 56-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1049th, while the Texans are ranked 222nd).
Meanwhile, while Salado put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Gonzales. Salado enjoyed a cozy 14-0 win over Gonzales. 14 seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
The critical scores for Salado came from Luke Bingham and Lincoln Hossfeld.
Salado wouldn't let Gonzales keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Salado can thank Damonte Foster and Devonte Foster for forcing both of them. Devonte is becoming a predictor of Salado's success: when he posts at least one forced fumble the team is 3-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Salado is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Smithville, their record now sits at 0-9.
Smithville came up short against Salado in their previous meeting back in November of 2015, falling 28-21. Can Smithville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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