The Hennessey Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Davis Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hennessey will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Casady on Thursday. Hennessey simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Casady 48-21.
Hennessey can attribute much of their success to Jessin Hardin, who rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and Gunnar Holder, who rushed for 254 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Holder is becoming a predictor of Hennessey's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 4-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Braedyn Richardson was in the mix as well, providing Hennessey with two touchdowns.
Hennessey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 532 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Hennessey didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hagen Copeland and Kevin Trillo.
Meanwhile, Davis hadn't done well against Community Christian recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Davis blew past Community Christian 45-21.
Davis has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.6 points per game. As for Hennessey, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Hennessey came up short against Davis in their previous meeting back in November of 2017, falling 40-27. Thankfully for Hennessey, Briston Summers (who rushed for 202 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry) 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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