The Mesquite Skeeters will challenge the DeSoto Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mesquite is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 50 points last Friday, they were much more limited against North Forney on Friday. They lost 31-7 to the Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Skeeters can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Falcons are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, DeSoto took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 57-21 win over Miller. The Eagles pushed the score to 57-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers cut but never quite recovered from.
Kelden Ryan was a one-man wrecking crew for DeSoto as he threw for 178 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. SaRod Baker was another key player, gaining 107 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, DeSoto was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 392 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Mesquite dropped their record down to 1-2 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for DeSoto, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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