Anna has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Friday. They will head out to challenge the Melissa Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Anna was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 66-62 to Lovejoy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on September 6th (55), the Coyotes still had to take the loss.
Anna's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ziondre Williams, who rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns, and Edward Chumley, who gained 206 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Chumley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Anna was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Anna wouldn't let Lovejoy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chumley was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Melissa waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed by the Redhawks on the road to the tune of 70-13. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Redhawks are ranked 862nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anna now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Melissa, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
Anna was taken down by Melissa 51-19 in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Anna avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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