The Parkland Matadors will stay at home for another week and welcome the Bel Air Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Parkland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Parkland didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Americas, but they still walked away with a 28-24 victory.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jayden Macias and Cam'Ron Johnson. Macias had a solid game and rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Johnson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 185 yards and two touchdowns.
Parkland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 230 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Bel Air was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 56-13 loss at the hands of El Dorado. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1119th, while the Aztecs are ranked 277th).
Despite the loss, Bel Air saw an underclassman step up: freshman Bernie Martinez rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown.
Parkland's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Bel Air, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Parkland against Bel Air when the teams last played on October 4th, as the team secured a 57-22 victory. Does Parkland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bel Air turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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