Football Preview: Iowa Colony Pioneers vs. Ellison Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in Carson White and Sidney Holland Jr are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Iowa Colony Pioneers will be playing at home against the Ellison Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Iowa Colony knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Ellison likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Iowa Colony made easy work of Texas City and carried off a 40-18 win. The Pioneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 22 points or more this season.
Iowa Colony's success was spearheaded by the efforts of White, who rushed for 102 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and Aaron Tenner, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Tenner a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Antoine Martin Jr, who picked up 110 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Iowa Colony was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Ellison didn't have quite enough to beat University on Friday and fell 37-35.
Ellison's loss came about despite a quality game from Holland Jr, who threw for 382 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Holland Jr's passing game has become a key predictor of Ellison's success: the team is 2-1 when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 3-4 otherwise. Joseph Fowlkes Iv helped Holland Jr out on the ground, picking up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 30 yards.
Ellison's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Iowa Colony, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
