Vernon has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to take on the Paradise Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Vernon is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Frederick: they outscored them in every quarter. Vernon never let Frederick onto the board and left with a 56-0 win on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 562nd in Texas, while the Bombers are ranked 160th in Oklahoma).
It was another big night for Tru Gipson, who rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Another rusher making a difference was Carson Schoppa, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Vernon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Vernon wouldn't let Frederick keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Schoppa, Jacob Brown, and Brown picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Paradise on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Millsap out of the water with a 49-6 final score. The Panthers pushed the score to 42-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had no chance of recovering from.
Vernon's record now sits at 3-1. As for Paradise, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Vernon was dealt a bruising 49-13 defeat at the hands of Paradise in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Vernon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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