District 11-4A Football Standings

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Madisonville Records: Both teams are 3-2. Of Note:

The stakes are really high in this district opener between teams with remarkably similar resumes heading into this one. Both these teams have lost to the same two teams in nondistrict, Columbus and Navasota, but Madisonville played both teams much closer than the Leps. Madisonville RB Jaden Simpson has been tearing it up this season, rushing for 862 yards already (172 yards per game) with 12 touchdowns. Tristan Whaley is averaging a team high-60 yards a game receiving and is also a speedy defensive back ...

La Grange junior QB Eli Gillum is averaging over 103 yards a game on the ground and 131 a game through the air.

Last meeting:

Last year Madisonville beat the Leps 56-42 as the Mustangs amassed 594 yards of total offense. Clayton Cooper ran for 4 TDs for the Leps and LG’s Da’von Giscome ran for 162 yards and two scores.

Overall

Sealy 5-0 La Grange 3-2 Bellville 3-2 Madisonville 3-2 Caldwell 2-2 Giddings 2-3

This week’s games: La Grange at Madisonville Giddings at Caldwell Bellville at Sealy