Football Preview: Llano Yellowjackets vs. Luling Eagles
Llano has gone 6-0 against Luling recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Llano Yellowjackets will look to defend their home field against the Luling Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Llano has four straight wins, Luling has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Luling heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Llano took over last week. Llano put the hurt on Florence with a sharp 34-14 victory on Friday. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 454th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 947th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Trey Mote and Jose Danny Maldonado. Mote had a great game and rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Maldonado was balling out in the loss, rushing for 193 yards while picking up 8.0 yards per carry.
Llano wouldn't let Florence keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Llano can thank Gavin Hays and Jd Friday for forcing both of them. Hays has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Llano got some further help from Carsten Hays: he made 14 total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Llano was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 219 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, a win for Luling just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Marion, falling 43-7.
Llano's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Luling, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Llano against Luling when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 53-13 win. In that contest, Llano amassed a halftime lead of 50-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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