Tyler Legacy hasn't had much luck against Rockwall recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Tyler Legacy Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m.
Tyler Legacy is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Longview on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Tyler Legacy lost 38-15 to Longview. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Lobos are ranked 14th).
Although Tyler Legacy took the loss, they still got scores from Jp Rainer and Jace Love. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Davis, who threw for 202 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Rockwall, who bounced back after a loss on the road on October 4th. They walked away with a 49-42 victory over Forney on Friday. The Yellowjackets pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jackrabbits cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Brent Rickert and Nelson Peterson Jr. Rickert had a great game and threw for 254 yards and six touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes. Meanwhile, Peterson Jr was balling out in the loss, throwing for 309 yards and six touchdowns.
Tyler Legacy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Rockwall, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Tyler Legacy was dealt a bruising 52-21 loss at the hands of Rockwall in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tyler Legacy was down 38-0.
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