The Deckerville Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Memphis Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Deckerville has five straight wins, Memphis has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Deckerville will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 54-point they dealt Mayville on Friday. Deckerville simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Mayville 66-12 at home. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Wildcats are ranked 52nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hunter Garza continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 142 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 31 yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 61 yards. Parker Merriman was another key player, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Deckerville's defense and their five sacks. Preston Holman was especially locked on to Mayville's QB and sacked him twice. Holman is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Deckerville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 52 points the game before, Memphis was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They lost 38-12 to Oakland Christian.
Deckerville pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Memphis, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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