The Mansfield Legacy Broncos are taking a road trip to challenge the North Crowley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mansfield Legacy has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while North Crowley will arrive with four straight wins.
Last Friday, Mansfield Legacy had to suffer through a 43-12 loss at the hands of Rockwall-Heath. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 439th, while the Hawks are ranked 90th).
Despite the loss, Mansfield Legacy had strong showings from J-Uan Harrison Jr., who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown, and Xander Walker, who picked up 12 receiving yards and a touchdown. Harrison Jr.'s rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Even if they lost, Mansfield Legacy's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. In that department, Jaden Manning was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Crowley). They blew past Rockwall, posting a 70-17 victory on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Panthers just coasted through the last quarter.
Mansfield Legacy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for North Crowley, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
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