After each having a week off, the Pflugerville Panthers and the McCallum Knights will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Pflugerville's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four matchups.
Pflugerville lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Elgin, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Thursday's contest. The Panthers breezed past the Wildcats to the tune of 55-20 two weeks ago. The Panthers pushed the score to 41-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
Cole Taylor
| 09/25/25 vs Elgin | 38 |
| 11/08/24 @ Pflugerville Connally | 31 |
| 09/13/24 @ Fort Bend Christian Academy | 30 |
| 10/10/24 vs McCallum | 24 |
| 09/05/24 @ Hays | 15 |
Cole Taylor was his usual excellent self, throwing for 286 yards and six TDs while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 38 yards and one touchdown. Those 38 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Pflugerville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kurmar Shepard and Caleb Gaston. Another thorn in Elgin's side was Kishan Ware, who made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss) and defended one pass.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 45 points the game before, McCallum was a bit more limited in their game two weeks ago. They were beaten by Bastrop 69-7. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 604th, while the Bears are ranked 241st).
Pflugerville's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for McCallum, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-2.
Everything came up roses for Pflugerville against McCallum in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as the team secured a 52-14 victory. In that matchup, the Panthers amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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