The Tyler Lions are taking a road trip to square off against the Cleburne Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tyler is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.5 points per game this season.
Tyler took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took down Joshua 24-7.
Meanwhile, Cleburne was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost to Midlothian on the road by a 28-9 margin. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 741st, while the Panthers are ranked 108th).
Cleburne's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Luke Stewart, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and Hayden Leifeste, who rushed for 97 yards on only 12 carries. Stewart got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 59 yards.
Even though they lost, Cleburne was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Cleburne wouldn't let Midlothian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Dylan Staton was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
The victory got Tyler back to even at 3-3. As for Cleburne, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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