Football Preview: River Oaks Mustangs vs. Prairie View Academy Spartans
The River Oaks Mustangs will head out to face off against the Prairie View Academy Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
While River Oaks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 38-0 victory over Franklin Academy. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Cougars are ranked 29th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Prairie View Academy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 33-24 win over Sylva Bay Academy. The 33-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
It was another big night for Hayden Little, who rushed for 263 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Prairie View Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory for River Oaks keeps them at an undefeated 4-0. As for Prairie View Academy, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
River Oaks might still be hurting after the 43-22 defeat they got from Prairie View Academy when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Little, who rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 11 yards and a touchdown. Now that River Oaks 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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