Football Preview: Lindsay Leopards vs. Jones Longhorns
The Lindsay Leopards will head out on the road to square off against the Jones Longhorns at 6:50 p.m. on Friday.
Lindsay's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Washington on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Warriors. Having soared to a lofty 44 points in the game before, the Leopards' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jones). They breezed by Blackwell to the tune of 63-6 on Thursday. The Longhorns might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by 27 points or more this season.
Acyn Hansen continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 57 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Chace Pitts, who picked up 110 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Jones was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Jones pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 42 points. As for Lindsay, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 6-4 record.
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