Rudder lost against Ellison back in September of 2015, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Rudder Rangers fell 54-41 to the Ellison Eagles. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (34), the Rangers still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Rudder still got an impressive performance from Javyn Jessie, who threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 63 yards on only six carries. Those 63 rushing yards gave Jessie a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Brandon Cooks, who picked up 78 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Sidney Holland Jr continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Ellison, throwing for 370 yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. Holland Jr has become a key player for Ellison: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise. A healthy portion of Holland Jr's aerial production (142 yards to be exact) went to Kae'Andre Sayles, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Rudder is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-3. As for Ellison, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season.
Rudder will host Waco at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Waco is coming into the match with five straight losses on the road, meaning Rudder will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for Ellison, they will head out to challenge University at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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