After flying high against Sabine last Friday, White Oak came back down to earth. The White Oak Roughnecks were beaten by the Liberty-Eylau Leopards 78-20 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Roughnecks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Leopards are ranked 136th).
When it comes to explaining why White Oak lost, don't look at Jaxsen Ludlow. Despite the final result, he threw for 154 yards on eight of 18 attempts, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
White Oak wouldn't let Liberty-Eylau keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. White Oak can thank Scotty Breitenberg and Michael Morgan for forcing both of them. Morgan also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Trevor Sizemore was another major factor on D, making 12 total tackles.
Liberty-Eylau was led to victory by Trip Baysinger and Arian Taylor. Baysinger threw for 410 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, while Taylor rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 14.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Taylor a new career-high in rushing yards.
White Oak has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-3 record this season. As for Liberty-Eylau, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
White Oak will square off against Tatum at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tatum is coming into the match with three straight defeats at home, meaning White Oak will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. As for Liberty-Eylau, they will host Jefferson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Jefferson knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven matchups -- so hopefully Liberty-Eylau likes a good challenge.
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