The Gainesville Leopards will square off against the Krum Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gainesville is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Gainesville is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Van Alstyne on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Gainesville was outmatched by Van Alstyne on the road and fell 48-11. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 802nd, while the Panthers are ranked 349th).
Meanwhile, Krum entered their contest against Sanger on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Krum came up short against Sanger, falling 40-14. The matchup marked the Bobcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Gainesville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Krum, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2.
Gainesville came up short against Krum when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 41-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Krum's Ty Taber, who threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown. Now that Gainesville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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