Football Preview: Franklin Parish Patriots vs. Peabody Warhorses
The Franklin Parish Patriots will venture away from home to square off against the Peabody Warhorses at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin Parish is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.7 points per game this season.
Franklin Parish is headed into the game having just posted their closest victory since October 6, 2023 on Friday. They skirted past West Ouachita 29-27. The 29-point effort marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Franklin Parish's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dezyrian Ellis led the charge by throwing for 254 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 72 yards. Another back making a difference was DJ Neal, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Franklin Parish was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 37 points the game before, Peabody was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They fell just short of Grant by a score of 13-10.
Franklin Parish's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Peabody, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4-1.
Franklin Parish beat Peabody 15-6 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Will Franklin Parish repeat their success, or does Peabody have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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