It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Legacy can now relate to. They took a 35-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Shadow Ridge Mustangs. The Longhorns were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Mustangs apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October.
Legacy lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aidan Crawford, who threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns. Dominic Oliver was Crawford's top target, picking up 166 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Hector Velazquez was nothing short of spectacular for Shadow Ridge: he rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Velazquez a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyrell Craven, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Legacy's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-5. As for Shadow Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Legacy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Shadow Ridge, they will face off against Faith Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Shadow Ridge sitting on five straight victories and Faith Lutheran on ten.
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