The Lufkin Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Ball Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lufkin will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Lufkin blew past Beaumont United, posting a 42-7 win. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 521st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ball made easy work of West Brook on Friday and carried off a 27-7 victory. Considering the Tornadoes have won eight matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kyden Barker and Tammeron Anderson. Barker had a great game and threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Anderson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 156 yards on ten of 24 attempts.
Ball pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.8 points per game. As for Lufkin, their record now sits at 8-1.
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