The Rains Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Malakoff Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Rains has given up an average of 40 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Rains took a blow against Winnsboro, falling 66-21. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 917th, while the Raiders are ranked 318th).
Rains' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Taisean Shields, who rushed for 112 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only nine carries, and Jabari Shields, who gained 207 total yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 68 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Malakoff). They blew past Eustace 56-0 on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Malakoff is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.3 points over those games. As for Rains, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Rains took a serious blow against Malakoff when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 56-0. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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