Football Preview: Emerson Mavericks vs. Anna Coyotes
The Emerson Mavericks will welcome the Anna Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Emerson is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Liberty on the road to the tune of 60-6 on Thursday. The win was nothing new for the Mavericks as they're now sitting on three straight.
Emerson's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Presha Allen led the charge by rushing for 78 yards and two touchdowns. Allen showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 66 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of William Wells, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Emerson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Anna, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 70-29 victory over Independence. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-8.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ziondre Williams and Logan Murindagomo. Williams had a great game and threw for 287 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, Murindagomo was balling out in the loss, throwing for 184 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown.
Emerson's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Anna, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
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