It'll be a Battle of the Bugs Hornets faces off against the Glencoe Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Locust Fork is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.2 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Locust Fork won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Wellborn 37-36.
A big part of Locust Fork's win came down to the chemistry between Nicholas Horn and his top target Levi White. Horn rushed for 92 yards while White picked up 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Horn a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Locust Fork was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 277 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Glencoe just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 46-21 to Ohatchee. The Yellowjackets haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Locust Fork's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Glencoe, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
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