Football Preview: Royse City Bulldogs vs. Rockwall Yellowjackets
The Royse City Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Royse City will be strutting in after a win while Rockwall will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Royse City earned a 35-25 victory over Weatherford. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Royse City's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Ethan Likezo was the leader with two. Another thorn in Weatherford's side was Billy Jones, who picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Rockwall entered their matchup against North Crowley on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Rockwall took a blow against North Crowley, falling 70-17. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Panthers are ranked second).
Despite the defeat, Rockwall got top-tier performance from Aj Hatcher, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown.
Royse City's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Rockwall, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
Royse City suffered a grim 63-37 defeat to Rockwall in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Royse City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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