Jefferson put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They pulled ahead with a 35-34 photo finish over the Liberty-Eylau Leopards. The 35-point effort marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Kamran Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 197 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. Jakyrie Johnson was in the mix as well, providing Jefferson with two touchdowns.
When it comes to explaining why Liberty-Eylau lost, don't look at Trip Baysinger. Despite the final result, he threw for 273 yards and five touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 153 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Baysinger a new career-high in rushing yards.
Jefferson's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for Liberty-Eylau, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
Jefferson will welcome Tatum at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Jefferson's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. As for Liberty-Eylau, they will head out on the road to face off against Sabine at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Liberty-Eylau is facing Sabine at the right time seeing as Sabine is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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