Football Preview: Fairview Aggies vs. Carver Birmingham Rams
The Fairview Aggies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carver Birmingham Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fairview knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Carver Birmingham likes a good challenge.
Fairview is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Good Hope: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Fairview blew Good Hope out of the water with a 48-21 final score. The result was nothing new for the Aggies, who have now won seven contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Jake Harper was his usual excellent self, rushing for 282 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 164 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Kolt Redding was another key player, rushing for 164 yards on only ten carries.
Fairview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 478 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 261 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carver Birmingham). They blew past Cordova, posting a 42-0 win. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Rams as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Carver Birmingham's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tarjuan Johnson, who rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Carver Birmingham is undefeated when Johnson posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise. Dimitri Howard also helped with two touchdowns in total.
The victory got Carver Birmingham back to even at 4-4. As for Fairview, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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