Football Preview: Jeanerette Tigers vs. General Trass Panthers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Jeanerette Tigers duke it out with the General Trass Panthers on Friday... Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Jeanerette is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They put the hurt on Grand Lake with a sharp 46-24 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, General Trass had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Bears 38-6.
A big part of General Trass' win came down to the chemistry between Ahmoniee Williams and his top target Anton Davis. Williams rushed for 193 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries while Davis gained 134 total yards and three touchdowns. Williams also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing two fumbles and making six total tackles (2.0 for loss). Backing up that air attack was Larry Stewart, who rushed for 89 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to General Trass' defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Joshua Hopkins with two. He is becoming a predictor of General Trass' success: when he posts at least two sacks the team is 6-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
General Trass was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 374 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
General Trass is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.3 points per game. As for Jeanerette, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
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