Edna faces tough challenge in Regional Round

Edna will face Goliad in the Regional playoff round in Victoria on Friday at 7:30.

Entering this week, Maxpreps has the Tigers ranked 4 in 3A-D1. The Cowboys are ranked 15.

Goliad is on a 10 game winning streak. They lost their opening game of the season to Refugio and haven't lost since.

Common opponents:

Refugio; defeated both Edna and Goliad by seven points.

Ingleside; Edna opened their season against Ingleside with a 21-7 victory. Goliad faced Ingleside in their fourth game and won 40-0

Hallettsville; Edna lost to the Brahmas 55-20 in the regular season finale. Goliad defeated the Brahmas 37-14 in the Area playoff round last week.

Statistic comparisons:

Goliad has scored 524 points this season. The Cowboys have scored 380.

Goliad has given up 115 point this season. Edna has given up 256.

Edna is rushing for an average of 313 yards per game. Goliad is rushing for 213 yards per game.

Goliad is passing for an average of 196 yards per game. Edna is passing for an average of 34 yards per game.

Goliad is averaging a total of  409 yards per game, the Cowboys are averaging 347.

Goliad is averaging 47 points a game, the Cowboys are averaging 32.

Individual milestones:

Kenny Haynes is 41 yards shy of 2,000 yards rushing for the season. He is also only 39 yards behind the leading rusher in 3A-D1, Charles Stallings. Stallings team in not in the playoffs, and he will not add to his total.

Haynes is the leading scorer in 3A-D1 with 186 points. Second place with 176 points is Logan Bland from Goliad.

Haynes also leads in touchdowns with 31, two ahead of Bland's 29.

Kobe Giles is tied for third in 3A-D1 in sacks with 10.

Austin Black leads 3A-D1 in tackles with 161.

The winner of this game will face the winner of Van Vleck and Yoakum in the Quarterfinal playoff round.