Douglas hasn't had much luck against Arab recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Douglas Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Arab Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Douglas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 48-21 win over New Hope. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Kenyon Watkins went supernova for Douglas, rushing for 122 yards and three touchdowns, while also catching a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Watkins a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Keilan Green, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Douglas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Arab, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Everything went their way against Madison Academy on Friday as Arab made off with a 20-0 victory. Considering the Knights have won three matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Douglas now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Arab, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Douglas came up short against Arab in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 21-14. Can Douglas avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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