SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The No. 12 Junction Eagles will host No. 17 Goldthwaite in the 2025 season opener on Friday night.

Junction finished 12-2 last year and enjoyed the best season in a decade by reaching the Class 2A Division II regional finals.

Goldthwaite, which shares the same mascot as Junction, went 7-5 and lost in the area round of the playoffs in 2024.

Junction won last year's matchup 41-6, but Goldthwaite holds a 6-2 edge in the all-time series, including six-straight victories before last year's contest.

We caught up with Junction head coach Scott Freeman on Thursday for his thoughts on this Top 25 showdown. Click on the video above to see what he had to say.

Freeman was honored by being named to Texas Football's "40 Under 40" list this summer.

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