The Rockwall-Heath Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Tyler Legacy Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Rockwall-Heath focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Rockwall-Heath is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Mansfield Legacy at home to the tune of 43-12. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Broncos are ranked 439th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Rockwall-Heath's win came down to the chemistry between Prosper Neal and his top target Shawn J Gary Ii. Neal threw for 177 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes while Gary Ii picked up 158 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Rockwall-Heath also got a significant boost from Ashton Bradford, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 118 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rockwall-Heath was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Tyler Legacy came into Friday's match having lost six straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Crowley by a score of 32-25 on Friday.
The victory made it two in a row for Rockwall-Heath and bumps their season record up to 2-2. As for Tyler Legacy, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Everything came up roses for Rockwall-Heath against Tyler Legacy when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as the team secured a 34-7 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rockwall-Heath since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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