Football Recap: Freedom Eagles vs. Gainesville Cardinals
A victory for Freedom just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 42-6 loss at the hands of the Gainesville Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Cardinals are ranked 27th).
Colton Kilmer was his usual excellent self, throwing for 329 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown on only five carries for Gainesville. That's the most rushing yards Kilmer has posted since back in August. Gainesville also got a significant boost from Koven Smith, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
Freedom's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Gainesville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Freedom will host John Champe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. John Champe will roll in looking for their ninth straight victory, something Freedom surely won't give up without a fight. As for Gainesville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Unity Reed at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gainesville is facing Unity Reed at the right time seeing as Unity Reed is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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