Football Preview: Fairfield Falcons vs. Victoria Knights
The Fairfield Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the Victoria Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Fairfield will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Stafford, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Fairfield came out on top against Stafford by a score of 46-34 on Friday.
Connor Fowler and Braeden Witt were among the main playmakers for Fairfield as the former rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 14 yards and a touchdown. An impressive showing, but Fowler really ramped things up playing D: he made 12 total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Fairfield's defensive line and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Chase Combs. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 14. Lane Schwab was another major factor on D, making seven total tackles and snagged an interception which he returned for a touchdown.
Fairfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 309 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Victoria put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Hodgeman County, posting a 46-0 victory. Considering the Knights have won seven contests by more than 45 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The win got Fairfield back to even at 4-4. As for Victoria, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
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