The Pebble Hills Spartans will face off against the Franklin Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pebble Hills' defense has only allowed 14.7 points per game this season, so Franklin's offense will have their work cut out for them.
On Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Pebble Hills beat Eastlake 19-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Joe Fernandez and Julian Williams. Fernandez had a great game and threw for 206 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Meanwhile, Williams did his best for the losing side, rushing for 143 yards.
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On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pebble Hills' defense and their three sacks. Jayden Frasier was especially locked on to Eastlake's QB and sacked him twice. Frasier has been hot recently, having posted at least one sack the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Franklin didn't have too much trouble with Eastlake last Friday as they won 70-54. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Cougars' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Falcons are ranked 320th).
Pebble Hills better keep an eye on Ernie Powers. He was instrumental in Franklin's win, rushing for 526 yards and eight TDs while picking up 15.5 yards per carry. Powers really tore up the turf during one magnificent 85-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Atreyu De La Riva, who gained 119 total yards and a touchdown.
Franklin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 629 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 407 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Franklin's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Pebble Hills, their win bumped their record up to an identical 7-2.
Pebble Hills lost to Franklin at home by a decisive 49-35 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Powers, who rushed for 408 yards and five scores while picking up 11.0 yards per carry. Now that the Spartans know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
