The Sunset Bison are taking a road trip to take on the North Mesquite Stallions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sunset's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three matches, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Sunset is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Molina on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sunset was beaten by Molina 44-8.
Meanwhile, North Mesquite was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were dealt a 48-13 loss at the hands of Newman Smith. While losing is never fun, the Stallions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 724th, while the Trojans are ranked 325th).
Despite the defeat, North Mesquite saw an underclassman step up: Terrance Collins rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown. Those 97 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Collins.
Even though they lost, North Mesquite was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Sunset now has a losing record at 2-3. As for North Mesquite, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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