East Texas Homeschool Sports and Westlake Academy squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but East Texas Homeschool Sports had to settle for second. They fell 28-20 to the Westlake Academy Blacksmiths. The Chargers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Blacksmiths apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in November of 2022.
Despite the defeat, East Texas Homeschool Sports saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Nehemiah Barr rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns. Barr has become a key player for East Texas Homeschool Sports: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise.
The critical scores for Westlake Academy came from Angel Manon, Gunnar Barnard, Hudson Loader, and Preston Colby.
This is the second loss in a row for East Texas Homeschool Sports and nudges their season record down to 3-6. As for Westlake Academy, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-4.
East Texas Homeschool Sports does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Westlake Academy, they will square off against Fort Worth THESA at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Worth THESA is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.2 points per game this season.
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