This week, Young Men's Leadership Academy and Western Hills square off against each other on Friday at 7:30 PM. Both teams have had struggles on the defensive side of the ball, with Young Men's Leadership Academy giving up an average of 37.33 points per game and Western Hills allowing an average of 27.33.
Young Men's Leadership Academy entered its match with back-to-back losses and, unfortunately, tacked on another. There's no need to mince words: it lost to Celina last week, and it lost bad. The score wound up at 51 - 12. The defeat came about despite Young Men's Leadership Academy's dynamic duo of senior Bryan Cottingim, who threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and senior Draylon Roberson, who caught passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Western Hills's encounter with Jefferson three weeks ago was a 34-point stomp, but the result two weeks ago was anything but. Western Hills and Molina were almost perfectly matched up two weeks ago, but Western Hills suffered an agonizing 17 - 16 defeat. The team got a solid performance out of junior Jay von Simmons (he ran for 80 yards and also punched in one touchdown); unfortunately, it just wasn't enough for the win.
After their losses, Young Men's Leadership Academy dropped to 0-3 and Western Hills dropped to 1-2. Western Hills's offensive line will need to gear up for a tough test against a Young Men's Leadership Academy defense that got four sacks against Celina last week. We'll see if it is up to the challenge.
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