The Horn Jaguars are taking a road trip to square off against the DeSoto Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Horn is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27 points per game this season.
Horn is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 37-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of Waxahachie. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Indians are ranked 26th).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jamari Andrews, who picked up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 58 yards. Horn also got a significant boost from Rodney Franklin, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 102 yards.
Horn didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Donnie Durham and Jeramiah Hurd. Kamryn Williams was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, a victory for DeSoto just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Duncanville, falling 42-20. The contest marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kelden Ryan and Keelon Russell. Russell had a great game and threw for 427 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, Ryan did his best for the losing side, rushing for 94 yards, while also throwing for 161 yards while completing 79.3% of his passes.
Even though they lost, DeSoto was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Even if they lost, DeSoto's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. Keylan Abrams was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Horn's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for DeSoto, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-2 record.
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