Football Preview: Olympia Spartans vs. Nashville Hornets
The Olympia Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Nashville Hornets at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Olympia will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Olympia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Auburn 66-44 on Friday.
Olympia found their leader in sophomore Jimmy Lollar, who rushed for 420 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Lollar is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
Lollar was just one part of a punishing run game: Olympia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 533 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Nashville came tearing into Friday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 48-7. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 32 points or more this season.
Olympia's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Nashville, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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