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East Texas high school football, week by week: previews and recaps of the games we are actually at, with the drives that decided them.
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Previews
Carthage at Gilmer: The Two-Score Window We Set Ourselves
The Rewind set a two-score mark for Friday. Here is what Center said about reaching it — and what Pittsburg said about missing it.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 67, Center 29 Rewind: The Kickoff Finally Went Deep, and Carthage Is All That's Left
A 55-7 halftime did its job and a quiet special-teams correction stayed on tape. The game of the year is at home Friday against 7-0 Carthage.
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Gilmer 67, Center 29: The Offense Was Done by Halftime. A Winless Team Still Scored 29.
Gilmer led 55-7 at halftime and won by 38 at Center to move to 6-2 and 2-1 in District 8-4A Division II. Zade Taylor accounted for three touchdowns and Kaden Canady caught two. Then an 0-8 team that had never scored more than 21 put up 22 in the second half, with No. 1 Carthage coming to Jeff Traylor Stadium next Friday.
Previews
Gilmer at Center: The 28-Point Receipt Is Due Thursday
A short week, no Yamboree, no home crowd, 1-1 in district, and the specific number we put in writing after Friday, all of it comes to Roughrider Stadium at 6:30 Thursday.
Team Recaps
Pittsburg 58, Gilmer 56: Five Turnovers, Two Onside Kicks Taken Away, and a Yamboree Conversation This Town Keeps Having
A two-point home loss on Yamboree Friday ends the five-game streak and drops the Buckeyes to 5-2 and 1-1 in District 8-4A Division II. The town has five arguments going at once: the refs, the onside kicks, the Queen's Ball, the defense and the coaching. We take every one of them seriously, and we are not pretending any of them is why the scoreboard said what it said.
Previews
Gilmer vs. Pittsburg: The Twenty We Promised You
District game two at Jeff Traylor Stadium. The marker we left you last Friday is still on the table — and the number is twenty.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 33, Pleasant Grove 27: The Best Defensive Game Of The Year, When It Had To Be
Z. Taylor accounted for 300 yards of offense and all four touchdowns in a possession grind. The Buckeye defense held Pleasant Grove to a season-low 27 points against the best offense on the schedule. 5-1, and the district opener goes to Gilmer at home.
Previews
Gilmer vs. Pleasant Grove: The Receipt From Sunnyvale Is Due
Pleasant Grove at Gilmer, Friday night in the District 8-4A-II opener. The Buckeyes come off a bye with a falsifiable marker on the table. This is the Friday it either grades out or it doesn't.
Team Recaps
Rewinding Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28 With Pleasant Grove On Deck
A week after holding Sunnyvale to 28, Gilmer sits 4-1 heading into the Pleasant Grove district opener. The defense left a receipt. Now it needs a trend.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28: The Preview Said Hold Them Under 30. They Did.
The Buckeyes closed non-district play 4-1 with a home win over a 4-0 Sunnyvale team that came in averaging 45 a game. Zade Taylor missed one throw all night. The defense finally showed up, and it did not happen by accident.
Previews
Gilmer vs. Sunnyvale: Hold Them Under 30 or We Own It
The Buckeyes drew a line at 30 points allowed after Sulphur Springs. Sunnyvale — the team that ended the 17-year playoff streak — is here to test it.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 48, Sulphur Springs 38: Seven Drives, Seven Touchdowns, One Stop All Night
The Buckeyes go 3-1 on the road at Sulphur Springs behind Zade Taylor's 254 total yards and three scores. A real win, and a reminder of what has to tighten up before December.
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