The Horn Jaguars will face off against the Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Horn has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while Duncanville will come in with 13 straight wins.
Horn is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against DeSoto on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Horn was dealt a 65-24 defeat at the hands of DeSoto. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Eagles are ranked seventh).
Although Horn took the loss, they still got scores from Cedonyae Lott, Abu Kamara, and Jamari Andrews. C.J. Daughtry was another key player, throwing for 264 yards and a touchdown.
Horn wouldn't let DeSoto keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Tristan Nobles, Ka'Majay Else, and Malachi Youngblood picked up one apiece. Horn got some further help from Kamryn Williams: he made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Duncanville at home against Lancaster on Friday as the team secured a 41-7 victory. The Panthers and Pantherettes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 22 points or more this season.
A big part of Duncanville's win came down to the chemistry between Keelon Russell and his top target Zach Turner. Russell threw for 252 yards and five touchdowns while Turner picked up 169 receiving yards and three touchdowns. What's more, Russell also racked up 44 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in November of 2023.
Horn's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Duncanville, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Horn has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 171 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Duncanville has preferred to attack from the air: they average 371.5 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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