Football Preview: Waxahachie Indians vs. Horn Jaguars
After each having a week off, the Waxahachie Indians and the Horn Jaguars will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Waxahachie is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: DeSoto, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Waxahachie was ranked 19th). The matchup between Waxahachie and DeSoto wasn't particularly close, with Waxahachie falling 39-24. The Indians haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jerry Meyer Iii and Kelden Ryan. Ryan had a great game last Friday and threw for 218 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Meyer Iii was balling out in the loss, throwing for 312 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Horn came up short against Mesquite last Friday and fell 24-17. The match marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Horn's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Rodney Franklin, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and Abu Kamara, who rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown. Kamara's longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Waxahachie now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Horn, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
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