The Mineola Yellowjackets will head out on the road to challenge the Arp Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mineola lost 54-28 to Scurry-Rosser on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 862nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 381st).
Meanwhile, Arp and Garrison were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Arp suffered a 27-26 defeat. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the loss, Arp had strong showings from Thomas Mckelvey, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and Zane Bourque, who picked up 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Bourque also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles. Demarcus Wade also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 94 receiving yards.
Arp wouldn't let Garrison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Arp can thank Casen Burgins and Bourque for forcing all of them. That's the most rushing yards Burgins has posted since back in August of 2023.
Mineola dropped their record down to 0-2 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Arp, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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