The Horn Jaguars will square off against the Lancaster Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Horn will head into Thursday's game on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Lamar on Thursday. Horn really took it to Lamar for the full four quarters, racking up a 40-7 win on the road. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Vikings are ranked 419th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Horn's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rodney Franklin led the charge by rushing for 142 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Franklin's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 112 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamari Andrews, who picked up 138 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horn was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 201 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in four consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lancaster was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 34-33 to Hebron.
Horn's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Lancaster, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
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