Football Preview: Cleburne Yellowjackets vs. Tyler Lions
The Cleburne Yellowjackets will challenge the Tyler Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleburne is looking for their season's first win.
Last Friday, Cleburne ended up a good deal behind Midlothian and lost 28-9. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 741st, while the Panthers are ranked 108th).
Cleburne's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Luke Stewart, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and Hayden Leifeste, who rushed for 97 yards on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Stewart a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cleburne wouldn't let Midlothian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Dylan Staton was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
Even though they lost, Cleburne was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Tyler, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took down Joshua 24-7 on Friday.
Cleburne's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Tyler, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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