Football Preview: Lockney Longhorns vs. Sudan Hornets
The Lockney Longhorns will venture away from home to take on the Sudan Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Lockney was just a hair shy of victory and fell 14-13 to Morton. The contest marked the Longhorns' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Although Lockney took the loss, they still got scores from Dyllan Thiebaud and Xavier Jimenez.
Meanwhile, Sudan had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Chiefs 48-8 at home. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Sudan got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jaibryn Ornelas out in front who picked up 194 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Ornelas was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 61 yards. Marcello King was another key back, rushing for 122 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sudan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Lockney's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Sudan, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Lockney didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Sudan in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 38-34 win. Will Lockney repeat their success, or does Sudan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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