The Mount St. Mary Rockets will square off against the Jones Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mount St. Mary's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three contests, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mount St. Mary is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Millwood on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mount St. Mary had to suffer through a 42-6 loss at the hands of Millwood. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Falcons are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, after only two points in their last matchup, Jones made sure to put some points up on the board against Chisholm on Thursday. Jones simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Chisholm 47-20 on the road. Jones might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 27 points or more this season.
Acyn Hansen and Coda Harris were among the main playmakers for Jones as the former rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries and the latter rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. Another rusher making a difference was Luke Debusk, who rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jones was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Jones didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carlos Hardeman and Drew Thomas.
Mount St. Mary's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Jones, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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