Football Preview: New Braunfels Thunder Homeschool vs. Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals
Two dominant backs in John Kroesche and Benjamin Frazier are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The New Braunfels Thunder Homeschool will welcome the Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as New Braunfels Thunder comes in on six and Austin Royals HomeSchool on five.
New Braunfels Thunder is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Winston on Friday as New Braunfels Thunder made off with a 54-30 victory. Considering the Homeschool have won three matches by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kroesche was his usual excellent self, rushing for 202 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 165 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 110 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Rayney Smullen, who gained 68 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, New Braunfels Thunder was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 352 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
New Braunfels Thunder wouldn't let Winston keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. New Braunfels Thunder can thank Smullen and Hudson Contreras for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, after only two points in their last matchup, Austin Royals HomeSchool made sure to put some points up on the board against San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool on Saturday. Austin Royals HomeSchool took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 50-14 win over San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 36 points or more this season.
Frazier continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 150 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Dane Kerr, who rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
New Braunfels Thunder pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Austin Royals HomeSchool, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. New Braunfels Thunder has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 233.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Austin Royals HomeSchool struggles in that department as they've been averaging 239.2. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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