The Longview Lobos continued their long-standing domination of Marshall Friday night with a 61-13 blowout. The teams traded blows to tie the game 7-7 in the first before the Lobos scored 48 unanswered points to put the game away quickly. Marshall falls to (0-2) while Longview improves to (2-0) PHOTO CREDIT JOSHUA BRAGG (link below)
The Tyler High used a number of big offensive plays to secure a 42-27 win over Marshall in the season opener Thursday night at Rose Stadium. The Lions had touchdown plays of 69, 65, 61, and 58 yards. The Mavs hung tough and only trailed by 1 point with headed into rhe final quarter. However, Tyler's offense was too much on the night.
Dave Campbell tapped the Mavs for fourth place in their new district. Terrell is their favorite for the District Championship followed by Texas High. Mount Pleasant has been picked for third and Marshall for fourth. Should the prediction hold, it would be the lowest finish for Marshall since 2020. The Mavs have been the #2 seed for the last five consecutive seasons.
The Longview Lobos continued their long-standing domination of Marshall Friday night with a 61-13 blowout. The teams traded blows to tie the game 7-7 in the first before the Lobos scored 48 unanswered points to put the game away quickly. Marshall falls to (0-2) while Longview improves to (2-0) PHOTO CREDIT JOSHUA BRAGG (link below)
WEEK 2: MARSHALL Vs. LONGVIEW (6A)
LONGVIEW LOBOS STRIKE LIGHTNING AGAINST MAVERICKS 61-13 IN STORM-DELAYED GAME
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Marshall and Longview met for the 116th time in 117 years Friday night at Lobo stadium for the annual grudge match.
While lightning was striking in the Longview area from summer storms, lightning was also striking the Mavericks in the form of the Lobo offense.
Longview wasted no time as they opened the game with a quick 5 play drive that went 65 yards for a 7-0 lead.
Marshall returned the favor with a 70 yard drive of their own that resulted in a touchdown and a 7-7 tie with 3:56 left in the first quarter.
A lightning delay then sent the teams into the locker room for over an hour until the storm passed. Little did the Mavs know....the storm was just getting started.
Longview wasted no time after the delay getting into the end zone again for a lightning-quick 14-7 lead with 1:53 left in the first stanza.
Marshall then gifted the Lobos with a fumble on their own 22 yard line which Longview then turned into a 22 yard TD pass and a 20-7 lead.
Lightning struck again for the Lobos when they returned a punt for an electrifying touchdown and a stunning 26-7 lead.
Another Marshall punt set the Lobos up at the Maverick 35 yard line and a quick pass to a wide open wide receiver made it 34-7 before halftime.
Longview would tack on two more scores to take a commanding 48-7 lead into the locker room.
The Mav offense continued to struggle in the second half and Longview kept the gas on the pedal for a 55-7 lead before the third ended.
Marshall would add another score against the Lobo bench to make it 55-13 late in the game, but Longview would tack on one more for good measure to make the final of 61-13.
The Mavs finished the night with 196 yards rushing with Doug Johnson taking 114 yards.
Longview finished with 194 yards rushing and 240 passing.
The Mavs fall to (0-2) on the season. They will have their first home game this Friday when they host 6A Garland.
WEEK 3: GARLAND (6A) Vs. MARSHALL
MAVS LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AS THEY HOST 6A GARLAND IN FIRST MEETING
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The Mavericks are playing several teams this season in which they share over 100 years of football history with: Tyler, Longview, Texas High, and Nacogdoches.
But this Friday Marshall will have the rare occasion of playing a team they have have never faced on the football field before.
The 6A Garland Owls will be in town this week as Marshall is looking for their first win of the season.
In fact... Marshall has only played one school from Garland in it's history: Garland Lakeview Centennial.
Marshall faced LC in the 1988 region semifinals at Floyd Casey Stadium at Baylor in Waco and 1990 bi-district playoffs at the Cotton Bowl.
The Mavs won both games.
Garland enters the game (1-1). They opened the season with a loss to Arlington Seguin in week 1. The defeated Dallas White this past Friday.
Marshall is (0-2) with losses to 5A-Division I Tyler and 6A Longview. They face another 6A team in Garland.
Check out the GAMEDAY tab for a IN DEPTH preview of this game later in the week.
DISTRICT 6-5A WEEK TWO WRAP-UP
Week 2 proved to be a tough row to hoe for District 6-5A as the Hallsville Bobcats were the lone team to come away with a victory in a disappointing (1-7) tour for the district.
Texas High saw a big lead evaporate in a loss to Wylie East.
Mount Pleasant hung tough with Sunnyvale but wasn't able to get the win.
Terrell was dominated by Argyle.
Whitehouse came up short Vs. Lindale.
Nacogdoches wasn't able to keep pace with Lufkin.
Greenville fell to 4A Quinlan Ford.
Hallsville was the only team to get a win as they beat 4A Kaufman.