Two dominant signal callers in Brent Rickert and Keelon Russell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Rockwall Yellowjackets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Rockwall is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Sachse 50-17.
Triston Gooch and Aj Hatcher were among the main playmakers for Rockwall as the former picked up 137 receiving yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown. Gooch is becoming a predictor of Rockwall's success: when he posts at least 100 receiving yards the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, Duncanville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Temple to the tune of 49-7. The result was nothing new for the Panthers and Pantherettes, who have now won nine matches by 22 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Russell, who threw for 252 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown rushing scores. A healthy portion of Russell's aerial production (142 yards to be exact) went to Dakorien Moore, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Duncanville wouldn't let Temple keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Duncanville can thank Javion Holiday and D'Mariyae Jennings for forcing all of them. Jaylyn Manning was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 15 total tackles.
Rockwall now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Duncanville, their win bumped their record up to 10-0.
Rockwall was taken down by Duncanville 56-14 when the teams last played back in December of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rockwall was down 35-7.
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