Football Preview: Diamond Wildcats vs. Marionville Comets
Diamond hasn't had much luck against Marionville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Diamond Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Marionville Comets at 7:00 p.m.
Marionville is facing Diamond at the wrong time: Diamond suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 12-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cardinals. Having soared to a lofty 52 points in the game before, the Wildcats couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Marionville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Central at home to the tune of 60-6. The Comets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 22 points or more this season.
A big part of Marionville's victory came down to the chemistry between Bryer Guerin and his top target Braydon Bellah. Guerin threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes while Bellah picked up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown. What's more, Bellah also racked up 14 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marionville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Diamond's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Marionville, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Diamond was taken down by Marionville 41-8 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Guerin, who threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Now that Diamond 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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