Football Preview: Capital City Cavaliers vs. Lebanon Yellowjackets
Two dominant backs in Jaylen Thomas and Jax Glendenning are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Capital City Cavaliers will host the Lebanon Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Capital City will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Capital City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 49-20 victory over Smith-Cotton. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Tigers are ranked 142nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Capital City's win came down to the chemistry between Evan Schaffer and his top target Marcus Driver. Schaffer rushed for 60 yards and three touchdowns while Driver picked up 165 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Driver's longest reception was for an incredible 78 yards. Isaiah Franklin got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Capital City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Franklin and Bryant Burton.
Meanwhile, Lebanon had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They blew past the Jays 49-7. With the Yellowjackets ahead 35-7 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Glendenning was his usual excellent self, rushing for 400 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 22.2 yards per carry, and also throwing for 31 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 124 rushing yards. Beckett York was another key player, rushing for seven yards and a touchdown.
Lebanon pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Capital City, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
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