Football Preview: Pearl-Cohn Firebirds vs. Station Camp Bison
Pearl-Cohn is 3-0 against Station Camp since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Pearl-Cohn Firebirds will play host again on Friday to welcome the Station Camp Bison, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pearl-Cohn is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Montgomery Central 61-0 at home on Friday. Considering the Firebirds have won three contests by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for OmariOn Starnes, who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Lj Funk was another key player, throwing for 214 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Station Camp can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Friday. They really took it to Greenbrier for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-0 victory on the road. The Bison pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bobcats had no chance of recovering from.
Station Camp found their leader in underclassman Colton Overbey, who threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Overbey a new career-high in rushing yards. Preston Farley was Overbey's top target, picking up 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Station Camp was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Pearl-Cohn's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for Station Camp, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Everything went Pearl-Cohn's way against Station Camp in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 as Pearl-Cohn made off with a 41-16 win. Does Pearl-Cohn have another victory up their sleeve, or will Station Camp turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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