Lamesa hasn't had much luck against Denver City recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lamesa Tornadoes will venture away from home to square off against the Denver City Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Lamesa's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last eight games.
Last Friday, Lamesa took their match with ease, bagging a 42-8 victory over Brownfield. The contest marked the Tornadoes' most dominant win of the season.
Benito Barrioz continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 193 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Cylius Mccurley, who picked up 110 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Denver City). They took down Kermit 57-38 on Friday. The Mustangs pushed the score to 50-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yellow Jackets cut but never quite recovered from.
The victory made it two in a row for Denver City and bumps their season record up to 2-7. As for Lamesa, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-6.
Lamesa was taken down by Denver City 47-6 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Lamesa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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