Football Preview: Ashdown Panthers vs. Highland Rebels
The Ashdown Panthers will head out to challenge the Highland Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Ashdown was able to grind out a solid win over Fountain Lake, taking the game 39-30. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Riley Williamson went supernova for Ashdown, rushing for 160 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 104 yards and three touchdowns. Ashdown is 2-1 when Williamson posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 3-4 otherwise. Bryson French also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Ashdown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 327 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Highland waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Redskins by a score of 14-6.
Highland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. Ronnie Brewer led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Highland got some further help from Kalei Tokanang: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Highland pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.8 points per game. As for Ashdown, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
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