GAMEDAY: Saturday, October 28

 

TEAMS: Cisco Wranglers (4-3/3-3) at Navarro Bulldogs (3-3/3-2)

 

KICKOFF: 3 pm

 

VENUE: CNB&T Stadium, Corsicana

 

WEATHER: Mostly cloudy skies with a 60 percent chance of rain and a possible thunderstorm. High temperature of 81 degrees is expected. South winds from 8 to 18 miles per hour are forecast.

 

THE SERIES: Cisco and Navarro will play Saturday for the 73rd time since the series began in 1947. Cisco beat Navarro 12-0 in the opener, but the Bulldogs dominate the matchup, 52-19-1. Navarro won last year's game at Chesley Field in Cisco, 26-7. CJC's last win In Corsicana occurred in 1997 when coach Chuck Lawrence's Wranglers spoiled Navarro's homecoming, 20-7, at old Tiger Field.

 

LIVESTREAM: Exclusive, free livestreaming will be provided by the Navarro Sports YouTube Channel with Scott Batts handling play-by-play and Michael Busby adding color commentary. Pre-game show begins at 2:45 pm. LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_36LI7KwjY

 

TICKETS: Purchase tickets online through HomeTown Tickets on our box office page at navarrobulldogs.com No tickets will be sold Saturday at the stadium. Gates will be cashless.

 

NAVARRO LAST WEEK: Navarro had an open date for the third time this season and second in three weeks. The Bulldogs' 'Sophomore Day' non-conference opponent, Louisiana Community Christian, did not have enough players to suit up for what would amount to a stat-feeding scrimmage.

 

CISCO LAST WEEK: The Wranglers jumped to a 14-point lead over Tyler in the first seven minutes, but the Apaches countered with 24 unanswered and proceeded to take a 38-28 win. In his first start of the season, Cisco quarterback Dallas Gomez threw touchdown passes to T.j. Steele, 41 to Kye Stone and 13 to Corey Sandolph. The Wranglers scored the game's first touchdown at 13:54 of the first period when Samuel Odelami's 69-yard, scoop-and-score return of a Logan Johnson fumble,

 

ABOUT NAVARRO: The Bulldogs average 344 yards and 28.3 points. Navarro's offense breaks down as 55 percent passing (201.3 yards) and 45 percent rushing (143). The Bulldogs' defense yields 326.8 yards and 27.3 points. NC's rushing defense gives up 132.3 yards; its pass defense, 194.5.

 

ABOUT CISCO: The Wranglers average 273 yards and 23.3 points. First-year head coach Stephen Lee's CJC club bases in the Air Raid offense that passes 73 percent of the time behind three different quarterbacks. While Cisco averages about 203 yards passing, it's rushing game is Predictable and pedestrian with two feature backs, Jadarius Thomas and Jayshon Powers. Thomas and Powers combine for 84.2 percent of the carries (96 of 114) and 86.5 percent of the yardage (466 of 539). Defensively, Cisco yields 275.6 yards and 22 points. The Wranglers' rushing defense gives only 112.4 yards, headed by linebackers Jason Stephens, Malachai Kellough and David Williams

 

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Dane Jentsch (100-165-1122-6-8 + 75-356-7 rushing); all-purpose yardage leading WR Bryan Spotwood 27-352-1; WR Braylon Finney (19-177-1); Jayden Jones (13-145-0); converted QB Jaxxon Warren (10-131-0). Kick-scoring leader Eric Acosta (28 points from 4-of-5 FGs and 16-of-16 conversion kicks); P James Ingham (39.7 average with seven inside the 20-yard line); LB Jordan Smith (48 tackles, 2 sacks, 6 TFL, 1 FR, 1 INT), LB Eddy Toussum (25 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 9 TFLs) , DL Jacory Brown (13 tackles, 2 sacks) DB Ty Marsh (29 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 FF); Breylon Charles (24 tackles, 7 sacks(, B.J. Jones (20 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 FR). ….. CISCO – QB Dallas Gomez, WR Corey Sandolph (22-318-4), WR Kye Stone (22-331-4), WR T.J. Steele, RBs Jadarius Thomas (64-264-2), Jayshon Powers (42-202-1); PK-P David Michel (13 points, 32.9 punt average with 9 planted inside the 20); all-purpose yardage leader Adonis Scott (14 KR-283 yards and 10 PR-113 yards); LB Jason Stephens (5.9 tackles); James Thomas (5.0), David Williams (4.9); DB Delmontre Pryor (4.7); LB Malcolm Kellough (4),

 

SWJCFC SATURDAY: Blinn at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 2 pm; Tyler at Kilgore, 2 pm; Trinity Valley at NMMI, 3 pm CT