Lebanon Trail was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were dealt a 70-35 loss at the hands of the McKinney North Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Trail Blazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 518th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 186th).
When it comes to explaining why Lebanon Trail lost, don't look at Hudson Eidem. Despite the final result, he rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown.
McKinney North had a senior duo take command as Greg Ard rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries and Orlandis Nelson rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. McKinney North is undefeated when Nelson posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise. Landon Westbrook made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Lebanon Trail now has a losing record at 2-3. As for McKinney North, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-3.
Lebanon Trail will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Centennial at 7:00 p.m. Lebanon Trail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season. As for McKinney North, they will head out to take on Reedy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Reedy's defense has only allowed 12.4 points per game this season, so McKinney North's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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