Parkland won the last time they faced Bel Air and Jayden Macias did his part to make sure it happened again. The Parkland Matadors blew past the Bel Air Highlanders, posting a 48-14 win thanks in part to Macias, who rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Macias was just one part of a punishing run game: Parkland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 230 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups.
Although Bel Air took the loss, they still got scores from Eddie Reyes and Uriel Lopez.
Parkland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 3-6 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-9 Bel Air and 0-6 Bel Air (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 32.1% over those games). As for Bel Air, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-9.
Parkland will venture away from home to challenge El Dorado at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. El Dorado will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something Parkland surely won't give up without a fight. As for Bel Air, they will host Americas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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