Football Preview: Fulton Falcons vs. Seymour Eagles
Two dominant backs in Albert Johnson and Ryan Gibson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons dukes it out withthe Seymour Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fulton has three straight victories, Seymour has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Fulton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against South-Doyle on Friday as Fulton made off with a 40-16 win. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Fulton's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Johnson, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Those 161 rushing yards gave Johnson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Javon Moulden, who threw for 219 yards and four touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes.
Fulton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Walter Mcnair and Noah Lyons.
Meanwhile, Seymour was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 18-17 to South Greene.
Although Seymour took the loss, they still got scores from Madden Guffey and Connor Ogle.
Fulton pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Seymour, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything came up roses for Fulton against Seymour in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 38-7 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fulton since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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