Football Preview: Lower Richland Diamond Hornets vs. South Florence Bruins
The Lower Richland Diamond Hornets will head out on the road to take on the South Florence Bruins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Lower Richland will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 47-point they dealt Lakewood on Friday. Lower Richland simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Lakewood 53-6 at home. With the Diamond Hornets ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Lower Richland got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Amari Fisher out in front who rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Christian 'Freight Train' Wilson also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, South Florence waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They breezed by the Tigers at home to the tune of 69-14. The Bruins' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South Florence to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tre Leonard, who rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. South Florence is undefeated when Leonard posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Messiah Jackson, who threw for 183 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Florence was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Lower Richland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for South Florence, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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