Early turnovers prove costly as Jacket lose

  • It was a group effort by the Yellowjackets to stop the Longhorns in their tracks. Meridian failed to keep Axtell in check as they fell 70-7 at last Friday’s home game. Brook DeZavala | Meridian Tribune
    It was a group effort by the Yellowjackets to stop the Longhorns in their tracks. Meridian failed to keep Axtell in check as they fell 70-7 at last Friday’s home game. Brook DeZavala | Meridian Tribune
For the Class 2A, Division II Meridian Yellowjackets, it proved to be a case of everything that could go wrong did. And in a nondistrict game against the Class 2A, DI Axtell Longhorns, it began going wrong shortly after the opening kickoff last Friday night at Jacket Stadium. Capitalizing on four Meridian turnovers, Axtell built a 28-point lead in the first quarter and never looked back as the…

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