Holy Savior Menard has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Avoyelles Mustangs at 7:00 p.m.
Holy Savior Menard's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Oakdale on Friday. They took a 13-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Eagles were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Avoyelles had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They secured a 32-27 W over the Red Devils.
The critical scores for Avoyelles came from Zayden Williams, Preston Barnes, Kelvin Jones, and Arthella Augustine.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Avoyelles was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 81.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 350.
Avoyelles' defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Kobe Smith and Xavier Prier, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. With that strong performance, Smith is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Holy Savior Menard dropped their record down to 2-4 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Avoyelles, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Holy Savior Menard was able to grind out a solid win over Avoyelles in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 13-6. Does Holy Savior Menard have another victory up their sleeve, or will Avoyelles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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