The Kellyville Ponies will challenge the Hennessey Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kellyville is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Kellyville is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Casady on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Kellyville was beaten by Casady 36-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hennessey). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Meeker 49-7 at home. The Eagles pushed the score to 42-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had no chance of recovering from.
Gunnar Holder was his usual excellent self, rushing for 150 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 131 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hennessey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Hennessey wouldn't let Meeker keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Brandon Rodriguez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Kellyville's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Hennessey, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Kellyville against Hennessey in their previous meeting back in November of 2020, as the squad secured a 60-26 victory. In that contest, Kellyville amassed a halftime lead of 35-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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