Football Preview: Sachse Mustangs vs. Rockwall Yellowjackets
The Sachse Mustangs will face off against the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sachse is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.
Last Thursday, Sachse beat Rowlett 31-18. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Eagles are ranked 473rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Keandrae Little and Brendon Haygood. Little rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries while Haygood rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Rockwall came up short against North Forney on Friday and fell 47-40. The Yellowjackets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Brent Rickert and Legend Bey. Bey had a great game and rushed for 198 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Rickert did his best for the losing side, throwing for 158 yards and three touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Rockwall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Sachse's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32 points. As for Rockwall, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Sachse might still be hurting after the 50-24 defeat they got from Rockwall when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Thankfully for Sachse, Lake Bennett (who threw for 423 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 17.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 32 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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