Football Recap: Franklin's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

10/10/25 vs Eastwood	26-49
10/03/25 @ Montwood	84-49
09/25/25 vs Coronado	59-7
09/18/25 vs Americas	73-20
09/12/25 vs Monterey	49-42

Franklin dropped down to 5-2 on Friday, ending the team's four-game streak of wins. They came up short against the Eastwood Troopers, falling 49-26. The Cougars were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-14.

As for Eastwood, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.2 points over those games.

Leading Eastwood to victory were Kingston Jeffries and Matthew Ramirez. Jeffries threw for 338 yards and five TDs while completing 78.3% of his passes, while Ramirez gained 261 total yards and two touchdowns. Ramirez really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 79 yards. Jordan Nava did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 32 receiving yards.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Franklin is set to face off against their familiar foe Socorro at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. That contest will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Ernie Powers and Adrian Hunt. Meanwhile, Eastwood will take on rival Pebble Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Jeffries and Joe Fernandez.