Football Preview: Piedmont Wildcats vs. Southmoore SaberCats
The Piedmont Wildcats will square off against the Southmoore SaberCats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southmoore is hoping to do what Eisenhower couldn't on Friday: put an end to Piedmont's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Piedmont enjoyed a cozy 49-31 win over Eisenhower. The Wildcats pushed the score to 35-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
DreAndre Bruton had a dynamite game for Piedmont, rushing for 212 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Bruton's longest rush was for an incredible 75 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Jayden Fuston, who rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Piedmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 415 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 222 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southmoore). They blew past Northwest Classen 63-0 on the road on Thursday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the SaberCats with their most commanding win of the season.
Piedmont pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Southmoore, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
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