The Melissa Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the Emerson Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Melissa will be strutting in after a victory while Emerson will be coming in after a loss.
Melissa took a loss when they played away from home on October 4th, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Independence 75-6 at home. The matchup marked the Cardinals' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 31 points the game before, Emerson was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were beaten by Lovejoy 48-7. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Leopards are ranked 43rd).
Even if they lost, Emerson's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Chris Winters was especially locked on to Lovejoy's QB and sacked him twice. Emerson got some further help from Agape Lawrence: he picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Melissa's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Emerson, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-3.
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