The Honey Grove Warriors will challenge the Joaquin Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Honey Grove sitting on ten straight wins and Joaquin on three.
Honey Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Waskom as Honey Grove made off with a 54-29 victory. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by 22 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Ryelan Morris, who rushed for 333 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Honey Grove wouldn't let Waskom keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Honey Grove can thank Brady Banker and Kendal Wolfe for forcing both of them. Wolfe has been hot , having also posted six or more total tackles the last five times he's played. Mason Banker was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, making 11 total tackles, and defending two passes.
Honey Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 509 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Shelbyville typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Joaquin proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 54-30 win. Considering the Rams have won six contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
One reason for the win was Joaquin's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Dallon Jordan was the leader with two. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Joaquin is 7-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Honey Grove pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.8 points per game. As for Joaquin, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
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