Two dominant signal callers in Brody Parker and Jace Roberts are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Elysian Fields Yellowjackets will challenge the Union Grove Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Elysian Fields will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were beaten by Beckville 60-28. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 678th, while the Bearcats are ranked 296th).
Despite the loss, Elysian Fields got top-tier performance from Nunu Kennedy, who rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Kennedy a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker, who rushed for 118 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Elysian Fields was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 345 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, Union Grove made off with a 21-20 win over Hawkins.
Roberts was his usual excellent self, rushing for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also throwing for 133 yards on seven of 16 attempts. He didn't just play on offense: he also forced a fumble and made two total tackles (1.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Union Grove wouldn't let Hawkins keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Carter Cooper led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself.
The defeat snapped Elysian Fields' winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record. As for Union Grove, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
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