After each having a week off, the Jones Trojans and the El Campo Ricebirds will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 904 yards in their previous games.
Jones took a loss when they played away from home back in September, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Friday. They walked away with a 26-19 win over Hallettsville.
Beau Auzston had an outrageously good game as he threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Those 82 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, El Campo had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. They claimed a resounding 56-7 victory over the Buffaloes at home. Considering the Ricebirds have won three matchups by more than 45 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
El Campo's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Vladimir Garcia, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and Colt Reeve, who threw for 23 yards and a touchdown.
El Campo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Garcia and Jabary Foley. Foley has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Giddings' side was Will Rod, who picked up a sack, made 13 total tackles, and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, El Campo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Jones' win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for El Campo, their victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Jones took a serious blow against El Campo in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, falling 49-13. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Jones was down 35-7.
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