Football Preview: Brookfield Warriors vs. Crestview Rebels
The Brookfield Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Crestview Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Brookfield lost to Liberty at home by a 56-38 margin.
Meanwhile, Crestview entered their tilt with Southeast on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Pirates, posting a 68-19 victory on the road. The Rebels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Crestview relied on the efforts of Maxwell Hawkins, who rushed for 201 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and Jake Noling, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. With that strong performance, Hawkins is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game. Ethan Kane made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Brookfield's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Crestview, their record now sits at 4-1.
Brookfield lost to Crestview on the road by a decisive 43-26 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hawkins, who rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Now that Brookfield 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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