The Ozona Lions will face off against the Hawley Bearcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Ozona is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 50 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Christoval on Friday. They took a 25-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. The game marked the Lions' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hawley's undefeated season came to an end after nine games on Friday. They lost to Stamford on the road by a 38-22 margin. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Bearcats, who until this contest were averaging 12 points allowed.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Keagan Ables and Christian Duran. Duran had a great game and rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Meanwhile, Ables was balling out in the loss, throwing for 353 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 56 yards.
Hawley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ables, Braylen Williams, and Francis Patanpatan picked up one apiece.
Having lost for the first time this season, Hawley fell to 9-1. As for Ozona, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
Ozona suffered a grim 62-37 defeat to Hawley in their previous matchup back in November of 2019. Can Ozona avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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