Football Preview: Garner Trojans vs. Cleveland Rams
Garner is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Cleveland is on a nine-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Garner Trojans will challenge the Cleveland Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Garner didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Fuquay - Varina, but they still walked away with a 28-23 win. That's two games straight that the Trojans have won by exactly five points.
Meanwhile, Cleveland earned a 39-29 victory over Southeast Raleigh on Friday.
Jackson Byrd continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 121 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 286 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt. Those 121 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Dj Crooms was Byrd's top target, picking up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cleveland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Garner has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Cleveland, their win bumped their record up to 8-0.
Garner took a serious blow against Cleveland in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 48-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Byrd, who threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in two rushing scores. Now that Garner knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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