The Forestburg Longhorns will venture away from home to face off against the Faustina Academy Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Forestburg has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Faustina Academy will come in with four straight wins.
Last Friday, Forestburg was beaten by Northside 58-8.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faustina Academy). They simply couldn't be stopped two weeks ago as they easily beat Fannindel 72-25 on the road. Given Faustina Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Fannindel is ranked 207th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Faustina Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Faustina Academy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Kevin Wood, Adrian Medina, and Anthony Mulvaney picked up one apiece. The dominant performance also gave Wood a new career-high in rushing yards.
Forestburg's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Faustina Academy, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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