Football Preview: Briarwood Academy Buccaneers vs. St. Andrew's Lions
The Briarwood Academy Buccaneers will venture away from home to challenge the St. Andrew's Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Andrew's took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Briarwood Academy, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Briarwood Academy took their game at home with ease, bagging a 44-16 win over Glascock County. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buccaneers.
Briarwood Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mason Poss, who rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and Cutler Fleming, who threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes. Poss got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible54 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Mosley, who rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown.
Briarwood Academy wouldn't let Glascock County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Mason Thigpen led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Cason Rodgers's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Briarwood Academy was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 454 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, St. Andrew's was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell to Central Fellowship Christian Academy 24-20.
Briarwood Academy's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for St. Andrew's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Briarwood Academy strolled past St. Andrew's in their previous matchup back in November of 2019 by a score of 20-3. Will Briarwood Academy repeat their success, or does St. Andrew's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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