The Bel Air Highlanders will head out to challenge the Parkland Matadors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bel Air is looking for their season's first victory.
Bel Air is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against El Dorado on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bel Air took a blow against El Dorado, falling 56-13. 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.
Meanwhile, Parkland didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Americas on Friday, but they still walked away with a 28-24 win.
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 contests.
Bel Air's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Parkland, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6.
Bel Air was dealt a bruising 57-22 loss at the hands of Parkland in their previous meeting on October 4th. Can Bel Air avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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