The De Leon Bearcats will square off against the Mildred Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
De Leon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 48-7 victory over Alvord. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
Meanwhile, Mildred put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Rio Vista, posting a 56-13 win. Mildred pushed the score to 56-6 by the end of the third, a deficit Rio Vista cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Ashton Frye, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making five total tackles and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Mildred was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Mildred didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Frye, Wyatt Firth, Trenton Harris, and Ashton Moore picked up one apiece.
De Leon is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.2 points per game. As for Mildred, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
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