The Forney Jackrabbits have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the North Forney Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Forney is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Boswell 49-16 at home on Friday. Given the Jackrabbits' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Pioneers are ranked 517th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Javian Osborne was his usual excellent self, rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 49 receiving yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 114 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was DJ Page, who picked up 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Forney was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went North Forney's way against Lake Ridge on Friday as North Forney made off with a 49-24 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Legend Bey was a one-man wrecking crew for North Forney as he rushed for 240 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 229 yards and a touchdown on only 19 passes. Bey's longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards. Kellen Sanders was another key player, rushing for 194 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry.
The victory got Forney back to even at 2-2. As for North Forney, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Forney has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 200.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like North Forney struggles in that department as they've been averaging 337.3. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Forney was able to grind out a solid victory over North Forney in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, winning 15-7. Does Forney have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Forney turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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