After three games on the road, Jasper is heading back home. After each having a week off, they and the West Orange-Stark Mustangs will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are at an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but likely not for long.
Jasper is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Carthage last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Jasper might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 58-14 to Carthage, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Jasper hasn't had much luck with Carthage recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, West Orange-Stark waltzed into their game two weeks ago with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Chargers with a sharp 34-14 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Chargers are ranked 677th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jasper's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for West Orange-Stark, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Jasper came out on top in a nail-biter against West Orange-Stark in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 41-38. Does Jasper have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Orange-Stark turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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