Football Preview: Bradwell Institute Tigers vs. Brunswick Pirates
After two games on the road, Bradwell Institute is heading back home. They will welcome the Brunswick Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Bradwell Institute was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 35-31 to Evans.
Meanwhile, Brunswick had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.9 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They breezed by the Mustangs to the tune of 57-20. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Mustangs are ranked 342nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brunswick was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 374 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Brunswick didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. J'Shawn Towns picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last 16 games he's played dating back to last season.
Bradwell Institute's loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Brunswick, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Bradwell Institute took a serious blow against Brunswick in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 49-6. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bradwell Institute was down 42-0.
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