After each having a week off, the Lassiter Trojans and the Sprayberry Yellow Jackets will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Lassiter has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Sprayberry will arrive with four straight victories.
Lassiter and Riverwood met for a duel two weeks ago where Lassiter couldn't get it done. Lassiter fell 24-16 to Riverwood.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed ten in total. All those points came courtesy of Cavan Jarrell: he added nine points with three field goals, and another on an extra-point kick.
Meanwhile, it was close, but last Friday Sprayberry sidestepped River Ridge for a 30-27 win.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jaden Duckett and Ethan Spector. Duckett had a great game and threw for 325 yards and a touchdown while picking up 16.3 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Spector was balling out in the loss, throwing for 263 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes, while also punching in a rushing score.
Lassiter's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Sprayberry, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Lassiter took a serious blow against Sprayberry in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 53-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Duckett, who rushed for 190 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 122 yards on only ten passes. Now that Lassiter knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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