Rosewood has gone 6-0 against Union recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rosewood Eagles will take on the Union Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Rosewood will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Rosewood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Hobbton at home to the tune of 39-12 on Friday. The Eagles pushed the score to 27-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
Hunter Sasser was a one-man wrecking crew for Rosewood as he rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 162 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Sasser a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Bryson Hobbs, who rushed for 145 yards on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rosewood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Union was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of Lakewood. Having soared to a lofty 34 points in the game before, the Spartans' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Rosewood now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Union, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything came up roses for Rosewood against Union when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 55-8 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rosewood since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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