Football Preview: Dreher Blue Devils vs. A.C. Flora Falcons
Dreher is 1-9 against A.C. Flora since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Dreher Blue Devils will venture away from home to take on the A.C. Flora Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Dreher came up short against Lancaster and fell 42-33.
Meanwhile, A.C. Flora had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 44-7 victory over the Cavaliers. The contest marked the Falcons' most dominant win of the season.
A.C. Flora's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kendall Byrd led the charge by picking up 158 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Roper Wentzky was another key player, having thrown for 271 yards and two touchdowns.
A.C. Flora didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Azel Banag and Jordan Davis. Davis is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least six every time he's taken the field this season. A.C. Flora got some further help from Isaiah Watson: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, A.C. Flora was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
Dreher now has a losing record at 3-4. As for A.C. Flora, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Dreher was dealt a bruising 61-13 defeat at the hands of A.C. Flora in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Dreher avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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