Football Preview: Rayville Hornets vs. Oak Grove Tigers
The Rayville Hornets will challenge the Oak Grove Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rayville will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Rayville's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Bastrop on Friday. They were beaten by the Rams 35-0.
Meanwhile, Oak Grove was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Red River 55-8 at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Jay Freeman was a one-man wrecking crew for Oak Grove as he rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Freeman's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Patrick Hill, who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Oak Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Rayville's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Oak Grove, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-1.
Rayville was dealt a bruising 63-26 loss at the hands of Oak Grove when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freeman, who rushed for 227 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also picked up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Rayville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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