The 5-4 Tioga Bulldogs football team will hit the road Friday for an opening round playoff contest against the 8-2 Hamilton Bulldogs hosted at Wildcat Stadium in Godley.
Hamilton enters the contest as a No. 1 seed after finishing the regular season unbeaten in district play, with recent victories over Hico 3514 on Oct. 31 and De Leon 2726 on Nov. 7.
“We have a really good opponent this week that we’re somewhat familiar with,” said Zach Birdwell, Tioga athletic director and head football coach. “We played them in 7-on-7 at State this past summer, we ran against them at the state track meet, and it’s a team that Tioga has seen in the playoffs two of the last three years. We know we have our work cut out for us. They’re the No. 1 seed for a reason, and they won the region last year for a reason. They’re a really good ball club that knows how to win.”
