The West Sabine Tigers are on the road again on Friday to play the San Augustine Wolves at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
West Sabine will bounce into Friday's match after beating Hemphill, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. West Sabine blew past Hemphill, posting a 60-26 win on the road. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Tigers have posted against the Hornets since September 4, 2015.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for San Augustine at home against Carlisle on Friday as the team secured a 47-18 win. The Wolves pushed the score to 40-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians cut but never quite recovered from.
San Augustine can attribute much of their success to Max Renfro, who rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and Andrew Nash, who rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Renfro's longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Augustine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
West Sabine now has a winning record of 2-1. As for San Augustine, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Everything came up roses for West Sabine against San Augustine in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as the squad secured a 50-23 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was San Augustine's Tymorian Cartwright, who rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, and also threw for 149 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will West Sabine still be able to contain Cartwright? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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