Eastwood was the 38-31 winner over Franklin when they last played one another back in October of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Eastwood Troopers took a 44-27 bruising from the Franklin Cougars on Friday. The Troopers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Eastwood still got an impressive performance from Jude Walker, who picked up 125 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a rushing score. Walker has become a key player for Eastwood: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-3 otherwise. Andre Saenz also helped out by tossing the rock for 336 yards.
Eastwood wouldn't let Franklin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Eastwood can thank Matthew Yarbrough and Miguel Solis for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Yarbrough is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game.
It was another big night for Ernie Powers, who rushed for 316 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 71 receiving yards and two touchdowns for Franklin. The dominant performance gave Powers a new career-high in rushing yards. Atreyu DeLaRiva also helped out as he racked up 107 rushing yards.
Eastwood now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Franklin, they pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Eastwood has already played their next match, a 43-14 defeat against Pebble Hills on the 18th. As for Franklin, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 35-14 victory against Socorro on the 18th.
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