The Early Longhorns will venture away from home to face off against the Holliday Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Early will be strutting in after a victory while Holliday will be coming in after a defeat.
Early is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Dublin: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Longhorns blew the Lions out of the water with a 76-6 final score. Considering the Longhorns have won four games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Early found their leader in freshman Isaac Ybarra, who rushed for 165 yards and two scores on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Stone Ratliff, who rushed for 49 yards and a pair of TDs.
Early was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 409 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Early didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aaron Mendoza and Ratliff.
Meanwhile, Holliday was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Jacksboro, falling 62-40. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (34), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
The win made it two in a row for Early and bumps their season record up to 5-5. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points over those games. As for Holliday, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
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