Football Preview: Palo Duro Dons vs. Legacy Leopards
The Palo Duro Dons will face off against the Legacy Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palo Duro will be strutting in after a victory while Legacy will be coming in after a defeat.
Palo Duro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Plainview by a score of 38-31 on Friday. The win was some much needed relief for the Dons as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Palo Duro found their leader in sophomore Julian Reese Ii, who threw for 284 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 87 yards on only seven carries. Reese Ii got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 71 yards. A healthy portion of Reese Ii's aerial production (101 yards to be exact) went to Daniel Moses.
Reese Ii was just one part of a punishing run game: Palo Duro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's a new trend for Palo Duro: they were averaging 73.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 179.
Meanwhile, Legacy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against Cooper, falling 45-21.
The victory got Palo Duro back to even at 4-4. As for Legacy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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