D'Arbonne Woods will square off against the Homer Pelicans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
D'Arbonne Woods is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Union Parish two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. D'Arbonne Woods came up short against Union Parish, falling 42-20. That makes it the first time this season D'Arbonne Woods has let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Homer had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Titans 34-6. The Pelicans pushed the score to 26-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Titans had little chance of recovering from.
Homer pushed their record up to 4-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.5 points per game. As for D'Arbonne Woods, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2.
D'Arbonne Woods couldn't quite finish off Homer when the teams last played back in October of 2016 and fell 2-0. Can D'Arbonne Woods avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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