San Angelo Central (4-3, 2-1) at Odessa Permian (6-2, 3-1): San Angelo Central had the rare occurrence of earning a win on their bye week as the Bobcats loss to Frenship turned into a win as Frenship was forced to forfeit their win due to use of an ineligible player. The Bobcats got things going two weeks ago in their last outing rolling past Midland High 41-17. The advantage the Bobcats have going into this one is Midland High runs the same offense as Permian, so the assignment football that the San Angelo defense will need to defend the Permian option will be very familiar. Permian a week ago knocked off Midland High 34-23 as QB Rodney Hall led the way for the Panthers rushing for 111 yards and two touchdowns and he completed all eight of his passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns. This is not a vintage San Angelo team, but the Bobcats are scrappy and they’ll hang around in this one, but Permian’s got the edge at the skill positions and the Panthers are playing in the friendly confines of Ratliff Stadium. Stepp’s Pick: Odessa Permian by 11
Lake Travis (6-1, 4-0) at Austin Bowie (6-1, 3-1): Lake Travis continues to dominate in 26-6A as they look ahead to their potential showdown with rival Austin Westlake in Week 11. LTHS was sharp last week blasting Del Valle 52-17 as QB Bo Edmundson tossed four touchdown passes and RB DJ Johnson easily topped 100 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Austin Bowie bounced back nicely from their loss to Austin Westlake two weeks ago with a convincing 52-6 win over Austin Akins. RB Noah Camacho paced the Bulldogs attack with 154 yards and three touchdowns in the win. Bowie doesn’t have the talent top to bottom to keep up with the Cavaliers so they’ll need to hope for mistakes from Lake Travis if they want to have any chance of pulling the upset. Stepp’s Pick: Lake Travis by 22