The Rock Port Blue Jays will take on East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Rock Port sitting on nine straight wins and East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] on four.
Rock Port is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Mound City, who was ranked 12th at the time (Rock Port was ranked first). The Blue Jays blew past the Panthers 36-14 last Friday. Considering the Blue Jays have won eight contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Brock Holmes
| 10/24/25 vs Mound City | 3 |
| 10/17/25 @ Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] | 8 |
| 10/10/25 @ South Holt | 2 |
| 10/03/25 @ DeKalb | 2 |
| 09/26/25 @ Stewartsville | 4 |
| + 4 more games |
Brock Holmes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 235 yards and three touchdowns. Holmes is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season.
Rock Port's run defense was locked in: Mound City could only muster 1.2 yards per carry. While one picked up at least six total tackles, Holmes stood above the rest. He rushed for 235 yards and three TDs. Rock Port didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.3.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] had no problem doing just that on Friday. They walked away with a 44-36 victory over the Longhorns.
East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax]'s win bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Rock Port, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0.
Everything came up roses for Rock Port against East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] when the teams last played back in September, as the squad secured a 58-0 win. Will the Blue Jays repeat their success, or do East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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