WEEK 5 PREVIEW: Breaking down the biggest games in Texas high school football

Refugio (3-1) at Mart (3-1):
It’s a rematch of last year’s 2A Division I state championship game as Refugio travels up to Central Texas to try and avenge its loss to Mart in the title game a year ago. After a couple of weeks of struggling on the offensive side of the ball, Refugio got things rolling on offense in a big way blasting past Hebbronville 58-14.  The Bobcats have to try and find a way to consistently move the football against the speed of the Mart defense which gave them such trouble last year in the state title game. Mart’s defense isn’t quite as good in the front seven so it’ll be interesting to see how Refugio attacks the Panthers.

Mart bounced back from its loss to Franklin two weeks ago with a dominant 52-21 win over Reisel. The Panthers scored 30 first quarter points and never looked back in the win. The Panthers still have one of the state’s top running back duos in Tyrek Horn and Shatydrick Bailey and those two are game changers at the Class 2A level. With this game being in Mart, give the edge to Panthers in a close one.
Stepp’s Pick: Mart by 4