Football Preview: Collierville Dragons vs. Germantown Red Devils
The Collierville Dragons will take on the Germantown Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Collierville will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Collierville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Rossview 38-3. The Dragons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 21 points or more this season.
John Hampton was a one-man wrecking crew for Collierville as he rushed for 181 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Hampton a new career-high in rushing yards.
Collierville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 93.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 128.
Collierville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kylan Holmes and Luke Roeder. Holmes has been hot , having also posted at least one defended passe the last seven times he's played. Another thorn in Rossview's side was Tristian Euell, who picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Germantown had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took down the Wildcats 28-10.
Germantown is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.8 points per game. As for Collierville, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Collierville came out on top in a nail-biter against Germantown when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 15-12. Will Collierville repeat their success, or does Germantown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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