The Royse City Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Rockwall took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Royse City, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Royse City earned a 35-25 win over Weatherford. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
One reason for the win was Royse City's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Ethan Likezo was especially locked on to Weatherford's QB and sacked him twice. Royse City got some further help from Billy Jones: he picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Rockwall entered their matchup against North Crowley on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Rockwall was dealt a 70-17 defeat at the hands of North Crowley. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Panthers are ranked second).
Rockwall might have lost, but man, Aj Hatcher was a machine: he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown.
Royse City's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Rockwall, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
Royse City might still be hurting after the 63-37 defeat they got from Rockwall in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Royse City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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