Football Preview: Brusly Panthers vs. Franklin Parish Patriots
The Brusly Panthers will face off against the Franklin Parish Patriots on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Brusly is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against South Beauregard as Brusly made off with a 49-29 win. Considering the Panthers have won five matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin Parish). They enjoyed a cozy 64-48 victory over Tioga last Friday. The win was familiar territory for the Patriots who have now won five contests in a row.
Dezyrian Ellis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 239 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 56 yards. Another player making a difference was Chauncey White, who picked up 157 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Franklin Parish was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Franklin Parish wouldn't let Tioga keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Franklin Parish can thank Chris Addison and Kenyon Martin for forcing both of them. Addison has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Brusly is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points per game. As for Franklin Parish, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
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