Vernon has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to face off against the Paradise Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Vernon is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Frederick: they outscored them in every quarter. Vernon never let Frederick onto the board and left with a 56-0 win on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 562nd in Texas, while the Bombers are ranked 160th in Oklahoma).
Tru Gipson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Another rusher making a difference was Carson Schoppa, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Vernon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Vernon wouldn't let Frederick keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jacob Brown, Schoppa, and Schoppa picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Paradise's strategy against Millsap on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Paradise blew Millsap out of the water with a 49-6 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 36 point advantage.
Vernon's record is now 3-1. As for Paradise, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Vernon was dealt a bruising 49-13 loss at the hands of Paradise when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Vernon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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