Football Game Preview: Gaffney Plays at Home

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 5:52am

Football Preview: Gaffney Indians vs. Freedom Patriots

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The Gaffney Indians will face off against the Freedom Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Gaffney will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 40-point they dealt Greenville on Friday. Gaffney blew past Greenville 54-14 at home. With the Indians ahead 41-7 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Jayvon Gilmore was a one-man wrecking crew for Gaffney as he threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. With that strong performance, Gilmore is now averaging an impressive 305.5 passing yards per game. Shane Davidson was Gilmore's top target, picking up 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Gaffney's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Imari Foster-Boyd and Nathan Herrera.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gaffney was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 569 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Freedom didn't have done well against Forestview recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Freedom strolled past Forestview with points to spare, taking the game 26-7. The Patriots pushed the score to 26-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jaguars cut but never quite recovered from.

Gaffney's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Freedom, they now have a winning record of 2-1.

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