The Nederland Bulldogs and PNG Indians plan for their 102nd clash in the fabled Texas football competition on October 24.
NEDERLAND, Texas– The initial Mid-County Chaos match was available in 1925, when the Nederland Bulldogs bordered the Port Neches-Groves Indians 6-0. Virtually a century later on, the video game has actually turned into among one of the most fabled competitions in Texas secondary school football.
Sports Illustrated just recently acknowledged the match amongst the country’s leading secondary school competitions, and in your area it has actually long been thought about the premier video game of the year.
Week 9 is right here and as several impressive competitions there are throughout our wonderful location, none various other can be crowned as the 409Sports Strike Video Game of the Week than this epic match.
The PNG Indians lead the all-time collection 54-40-7 yet the Bulldogs, nevertheless, managed a distressed when driving last period, 24-21 at The Booking, and have actually had their share of success considering that the millenium with 16 success in the last 25 conferences.
More just recently, the Indians have actually won 5 of the last 7 competitions.
The prize is called after among one of the most legendary trainers, the late wonderful O.A. ‘Bottom Phillips’ that trained both programs in the 50’s and 60’s.
As for this period, the Indians waltz right into this ball game having an ideal 7-0 document and carrying out as a well-oiled device outscoring their challengers by virtually a 3-to-1 margin (296-111).
In his 4th year leading the Indians, Jeff Joseph seeks to assist PNG on an additional deep playoff pursue coming within 2 success of a 3rd successive state title video game last period.
The Nederland Bulldogs, nevertheless, are locating 2025 to be a challenging period until now going 3-4 general and 1-3 in Area 8-5A DII.
Scott Rich in his 2nd year as head instructor obtained the difficult job of changing 15 beginners from the 2024 team while injuries have actually likewise played a significant duty in their document.
Despite documents and numbers, competition video games commonly resist assumptions.
When the Bulldogs and Indians satisfy, background reveals that energy and standings matter much less than satisfaction.
The 102nd conference is established for Oct. 24 at Bulldog Arena in Nederland, with first at 7 p.m.
