The Red Oak Hawks will face off against the Highland Park Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Red Oak humbled Ellison with a 35-7 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Red Oak got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Billy Middleton out in front who rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 139 yards and a touchdown. Another rusher making a difference was Lorenzo Holman, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Red Oak's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for ten sacks. Gabriel Giadolor and Kaleb Ross were the leaders of the group effort as each produced three apiece. With that strong performance, Giadolor is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game. Desmond Cox was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, everything went Highland Park's way against Tyler on Friday as Highland Park made off with a 35-9 win. The match marked the Scots' most dominant victory of the season so far.
The win got Red Oak back to even at 2-2. As for Highland Park, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
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