Football Preview: Fairfield Mules vs. Edwards County Lions
Fairfield is 7-0 against Edwards County since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Fairfield Mules will venture away from home to challenge the Edwards County Lions at 7:00 p.m. Fairfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.7 points per game this season.
Edwards County is hoping to do what Hamilton County couldn't on Friday: put an end to Fairfield's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Fairfield's way against Hamilton County as Fairfield made off with a 40-14 victory. The Mules pushed the score to 34-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Foxes cut but never quite recovered from.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Michael Barner and he. Barner rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on only six carries while he rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Israel Sargent's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 112 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fairfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 389 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Fairfield's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Nic Masterson with two.
Meanwhile, Edwards County had to endure a seven-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton by a score of 18-7 on Friday.
Fairfield's record is now 5-3. As for Edwards County, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-6.
Everything came up roses for Fairfield against Edwards County when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 52-7 victory. In that match, Fairfield amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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