A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions dukes it out withthe Stephenson Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Luella 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 blew past Mt. Zion 27-6.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Luella to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dayshon Furlow, who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Furlow a new career-high in rushing yards.
Luella didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Elijah Miller picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Stephenson had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They claimed a resounding 45-6 win over the Raiders on the road. With that victory, the Jaguars brought their scoring average up to 27.5 points per game.
Stephenson relied on the efforts of Jayden Johnson, who rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and Marte Barton, who rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown. Johnson is becoming a predictor of Stephenson's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 4-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Dennis Brooks, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Stephenson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 301 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Luella is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Stephenson, their record is now 5-3.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Luella has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 158.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Stephenson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 228.8. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Luella took a serious blow against Stephenson in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 35-7. Thankfully for Luella, Tyler Bercy (who picked up 123 receiving yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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