The Highlands Scots will square off against the Union Mine Diamondbacks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Highlands will be strutting in after a win while Union Mine will be coming in after a defeat.
On Thursday, Highlands really took it to Esparto for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-6 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 24-0.
Odin McNabb was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 451 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per attempt, and also punched in one rushing score. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards (two). Roshad Burleson was McNabb's top target, picking up 106 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Highlands didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Makeyo Butler and Jonathan Rodriguez.
Meanwhile, Union Mine was just a hair shy of victory on Thursday and fell 17-16 to El Dorado.
Highlands' win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Union Mine, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
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