The Jersey Village Falcons will take on the Stratford Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing isn't great for Jersey Village: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Stratford has snatched up five consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season.
Jersey Village is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 51 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Cy-Fair on Friday. They had to suffer through a 38-6 loss at the hands of the Bobcats. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 513th, while the Bobcats are ranked 246th).
Meanwhile, while Stratford put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Northbrook. Stratford took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 45-0 victory over Northbrook. The contest marked the Spartans' most dominant win of the season so far.
It was another big night for Javier Denson, who rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards. His longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Aaron Deleon was another key player, throwing for 118 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Stratford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 214 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Jersey Village now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Stratford, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Jersey Village might still be hurting after the 51-27 loss they got from Stratford in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Deleon, who threw for 409 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Jersey Village knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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