TEAMS: Greenville (1-6, 0-3) at Texas High (7-0, 3-0)
LAST YEAR: Texas High scored four early touchdowns and coasted to a 45-21 win over the Lions.
LAST WEEK: Texas High scored the game's final 27 points en route to a 27-7 victory over Mount Pleasant. Marshall beat the Lions, 42-14.
GAME FACTS: Texas High enters ranked seventh in the AP's 5A poll. Greenville coach Darren Duke was defensive coordinator for Marvin Sedberry for several years with the Lions before being promoted this past summer. He coached With Sedberry at Dallas Carter and Bryan before returning with Sedberry to Greenville. The Lions' offense is led by sophomore quarterback Caleb Jarvis Running back Cadamion Hale has rushed for more than 100 yards three times this season, including 121 and a TD last week against Marshall. Greenville's only win this year was over Seagoville, 27-0. The Lions' other District 16-5A setbacks have come to Hallsville, 33-12, and Pine Tree, 21-3. Tiger QB Cade Pearson has compled 99 of 145 passes for 1,461 yards and 17 TDs with only 2 interceptions. RB Devuntay Walker has nearly doubled his numbers the last two weeks and has rushed for 553 yards and 6 TDs. Do-it-all Quan Hampton has 50 receptions for 841 yards and 8 TDs. Eric Sutton has 4 interceptions and Xzavier Hopkins 66 tackles to lead the defense.
COACHES' COMMENTS: Greenville's Duke-"Last year we didn't show up early, but played well late. I think we can match up with Texas Hig's size better than we did against Marshall. Texas High will be the most athletic team we faced this season, the Hampton kid maybe being the fastest kid in our district. We've got to try to keep the ball out of his hands."
Texas High's Barry Norton-"Greenville has a new coaching staff and they're in a phase where they're trying to get things changed. They've had some struggles throughout the year, but the kids are playing hard. It's not unusual to see a team struggled when going through a coaching change. Greenville has nothing to lose, and I think we'll see their best effort. They've got a lot of young kids playing. There's a chance we'll see all the tricks they have and we've got to be prepared for everything."
"I want to see my team play faster football these final weeks. I'm talking about getting more snaps. I want to see us get the ball in the air a little bit more, and be more aggressive with what we're doing. I want us to play faster on defense. That's been the message this week. We're still trying to be the best team we can be. I don't think we have the last two or three weeks."
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TONIGHT'S LINEUPS
(Numbers in parentheses)
GREENVILLE OFFENSE: WR-Donovan Smith (10), 160; WR-Melvin Mapps (2), 180); WR-Derrick Givens (4), 175); OL-Josue Pena (62), 220; OL-Ernesto Lopez (63), 270; OL-Manual Seavedra (70), 270; OL-Montana Bottone (74), 315; OL-Logan DeGarso (79), 265; QB-Caleb Jarvis (12), 160; RB-Christian Dunson (23), 160; RB-Cadamion Hale (26), 185.
GREENVILLE DEFENSE: DE-Nakia Wilson (82), 185; DL-JaQuan Lyons (77), 270; DL-Nathan Reyes (73), 235; DL-Chance Flanagan (33), 230; LB-Angel Hernandez (53), 200; LB-Jimmy Enriquez (28), 165; DB-Z'marqueiz Johnson (25), 155; DB-Christopher Dunson (24), 160; DB-Jakwan Allen (22), 175; DB-Tyreque Hoskins (7), 170.
TEXAS HIGH OFFENSE: LT-Dylan Raley (75), 300; LG-Jey Shon Hawthorne (66), 250; C-James Tarantino (64), 265; RG-Elian Bustos (68), 270; RT-Kameron Arnold (79), 310; TE-Ladd Preston (43), 220; QB-Cade Pearson (10), 200; FB-Deshawn Harris (44), 225; TB-Devuntay Walker (5), 190, and Markese Martin (20), 215; WR-Tevailance Hunt (9), 175; WR-Quan Hampton (2), 165; PK-Isidro Hernandez (31), 190.
TEXAS HIGH DEFENSE: DE-Leonard Parks (19), 225; T-Jaylin Franklin (48), 255; NG-Jonathan Allen (39), 215; DE-Dejonta Harper (24), 220; LB-Timothy Noble (32), 170; MLB-Davon Williams (40), 210; LB-Xzavier Hopkins (41), 200; CB-Deteryon Hunter (15), 160; SS-Eric Sutton (3), 160; FS-Javel Jones (29), 180; CB-Jaqualen Brown (7), 175; PNT-Kyle Choate (34), 170.