Horn Lake extended their home winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Demarkus Crain. The Horn Lake Eagles snuck past the DeSoto Central Jaguars with a 26-20 victory on Friday thanks in part to Crain, who rushed for 227 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Crain was just one part of a punishing run game: Horn Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Horn Lake wouldn't let DeSoto Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Linkin Sanders, Sabin Williams, and Jordan Rogers picked up one apiece. Williams is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last four games he's played.
DeSoto Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jonathan Roberts, who rushed for 115 yards, and also caught a touchdown. Ter'Myihias Welch also helped out with an impressive 131 receiving yards.
Horn Lake's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for DeSoto Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Horn Lake will face off against Southaven at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Horn Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.1 points per game this season. As for DeSoto Central, they will square off against Lewisburg at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. DeSoto Central is facing Lewisburg at the right time seeing as Lewisburg is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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