Football Preview: Fredericksburg Billies vs. Davenport Wolves
The Fredericksburg Billies are taking a road trip to challenge the Davenport Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fredericksburg will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Fredericksburg is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 30-20 victory over Canyon Lake on Friday. That's two games straight that the Billies have won by exactly ten points.
Fredericksburg found their leader in underclassman Griffin Beard, who picked up 194 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 194 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Beard.
Fredericksburg's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. The heavy lifting was done by Tristan King and Jaren Quay, who racked up all five sacks between them.
Special teams played a big role in the game for Fredericksburg, adding 12 points to the final score. All came courtesy of Charles Rhyne: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 3-for-3 again kicking extra points for an additional three.
Meanwhile, Davenport had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 77-15 win over the Rockets. Considering the Wolves have won three matchups by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Daniel Soukup Ii and Barrett Fallon were among the main playmakers for Davenport as the former threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes and the latter rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Fallon's longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Dante Singletary, who picked up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Davenport was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 270 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Davenport didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jaylin Morrow and Josh Johnson.
Fredericksburg's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Davenport, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Fredericksburg took a serious blow against Davenport in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 62-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fallon, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Fredericksburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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