The Salado Eagles will take on the Devine Warhorses at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Devine is hoping to do what Smithville couldn't on Friday: put an end to Salado's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Salado breezed by Smithville to the tune of 59-16. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 493rd, while the Tigers are ranked 1040th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Lincoln Hossfeld, who threw for 238 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Korbin Konarik also helped out with an impressive 89 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Devine's strategy against San Antonio Memorial on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Devine blew San Antonio Memorial out of the water with a 48-7 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Warhorses had established a 35 point advantage.
Brayden Reyes continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 123 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Matthew Gomez was another key player, picking up 50 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Devine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 373 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Devine pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.8 points per game. As for Salado, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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