Football Preview: NYOS Charter Jaguars vs. Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals
The NYOS Charter Jaguars will venture away from home to face off against the Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. NYOS Charter has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight defeats, while Austin Royals HomeSchool will come in with three straight wins.
NYOS Charter will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Fort Bend Chargers HomeSchool on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 43-point loss they were dealt last Friday. NYOS Charter fell just short of Fort Bend Chargers HomeSchool by a score of 2-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Austin Royals HomeSchool). They really took it to St. Stephen's Episcopal for the full four quarters, racking up a 93-48 victory at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Royals had established a 39 point advantage.
Austin Royals HomeSchool relied on the efforts of Benjamin Frazier, who rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries, and Ezekiel Ptolemy, who picked up 208 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Frazier is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Dane Kerr, who rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Austin Royals HomeSchool was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
NYOS Charter's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Austin Royals HomeSchool, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
NYOS Charter came up short against Austin Royals HomeSchool in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 34-28. Can NYOS Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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