Football Preview: Franklin Parish Patriots vs. Ouachita Parish Lions
The Franklin Parish Patriots are taking a road trip to square off against the Ouachita Parish Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Ouachita Parish is hoping to do what Caldwell Parish couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Franklin Parish's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Franklin Parish breezed by Caldwell Parish on the road to the tune of 48-0. Considering the Patriots have won three games by more than 20 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Dezyrian Ellis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 139 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Damieyon Moses was another key player, rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ouachita Parish). They blew past Sterlington, posting a 43-8 win at home. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Ouachita Parish's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Montrell Conner, who rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and Macario Dade, who rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Conner got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 68 yards. Ja'Marcus Jacobs was in the mix as well, providing Ouachita Parish with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ouachita Parish was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Franklin Parish's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Ouachita Parish, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
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