El Paso Eastwood (5-1, 2-0) at El Paso Franklin (5-1, 2-0): A possible district title in 1-6A could be on the line out in the Sun City as Eastwood travels across town to take on Franklin in a game that features two of the area’s most explosive offensive attacks. After battling injuries a year ago, Julio Lopez’s squad appears back in 2025 and a big reason for that is QB Kingston Jeffries. In last week’s 42-28 win over El Paso Eastlake, Jeffries tossed four touchdown passes and ran for a score to pace the Troopers. Franklin’s offense has been an absolute wagon and last week may have been the peak as the Cougars put up 84 points in an 84-59 win over El Paso Montwood. RB Ernie Powers continues to put up eye-popping numbers rushing for 327 yards and seven touchdowns to lead Franklin, he’s got 34 rushing touchdowns on the season, which is just two shy of the city record, he’s got four games to break that record, so I expect him to break it soon. Expect Eastwood to try and load the box to slow Powers behind that outstanding offensive line anchored by Kansas State commit Justin Morales, but everyone has tried that strategy thus far with not much success. Franklin wears the Eastwood defense down in the fourth quarter. Stepp’s Pick: El Paso Franklin by 10
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