Football Preview: Franklin Parish Patriots vs. Brusly Panthers
The Franklin Parish Patriots will take on the Brusly Panthers on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Franklin Parish sitting on five straight wins and Brusly on four.
Franklin Parish is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Tioga 64-48 last Friday.
It was another big night for Dezyrian Ellis, who threw for 239 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 56 yards. Another player making a difference was Chauncey White, who picked up 157 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Franklin Parish wouldn't let Tioga keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Franklin Parish can thank Chris Addison and Kenyon Martin for forcing both of them. Addison is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played.
Franklin Parish was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Brusly had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They blew past South Beauregard 49-29 on Friday. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 20 points or more this season.
Brusly is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points per game. As for Franklin Parish, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
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