Football Preview: Yates Lions vs. North Forest Bulldogs
The Yates Lions are taking a road trip to face off against the North Forest Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Yates is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Kashmere 60-0 at home on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won four games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, North Forest never let their opponents score last Friday. They breezed by Kashmere on the road to the tune of 54-0. With that win, the Bulldogs brought their scoring average up to 33.4 points per game.
Michael Dean and Landon Robertson were among the main playmakers for North Forest as the former rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry and the latter threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. With that strong performance, Dean is now averaging an impressive 112 rushing yards per game. 84 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jaden Garcia, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Forest 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 256 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Yates' victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for North Forest, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.
Yates didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against North Forest when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 42-36 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was North Forest's Clinton Babineaux, who rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 163 yards and a touchdown on only 11 passes. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Yates to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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