Football Preview: Fayette Falcons vs. South Callaway Bulldogs
The Fayette Falcons will head out to take on the South Callaway Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Fayette's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Tipton on Friday. They had to suffer through a 48-0 loss at the hands of the Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 289th, while the Cardinals are ranked 139th).
Meanwhile, South Callaway waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 32-22.
South Callaway's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ethan Munford, who rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Graden Pontius handled things on the ground, rushing for 97 yards and a rushing touchdown.
South Callaway didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kolton Adrian and Colten Crocker. Crocker also snagged an interception, which is notable because South Callaway is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Callaway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 233 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Fayette's loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for South Callaway, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
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