Football Preview: Liberty-Eylau Leopards vs. Jefferson Bulldogs
Liberty-Eylau is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Jefferson is on a seven-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Liberty-Eylau Leopards will square off against the Jefferson Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Liberty-Eylau is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by White Oak to the tune of 78-20 on Friday. Given the Leopards' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Roughnecks are ranked 555th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Trip Baysinger and Jaxsen Ludlow. Baysinger had a great game and threw for 410 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, Ludlow did his best for the losing side, throwing for 154 yards on eight of 18 attempts, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Jefferson over Sabine in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Jefferson blew Sabine out of the water with a 74-12 final score. The contest marked the Bulldogs' most dominant victory of the season.
Tihmyus Taylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 275 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per attempt, and also punching in three touchdowns on the ground. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Chris Love, who gained 136 total yards and three touchdowns.
Jefferson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Liberty-Eylau's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Jefferson, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
Everything came up roses for Liberty-Eylau against Jefferson when the teams last played back in September of 2021, as the squad secured a 56-15 win. Will Liberty-Eylau repeat their success, or does Jefferson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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