Football Preview: Dutch Fork Silver Foxes vs. Irmo Yellow Jackets
Dutch Fork is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Irmo is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Dutch Fork Silver Foxes will host the Irmo Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Dutch Fork is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: River Bluff, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Dutch Fork was ranked first). Dutch Fork breezed by River Bluff to the tune of 41-14 on Friday. The Silver Foxes pushed the score to 35-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Gators cut but never quite recovered from.
Ethan Offing was his usual excellent self, throwing for 417 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Boykin Bickley also helped out as he racked up 187 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Irmo really took it to Chapin for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-21 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-7.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Aaron (Aj) Brand Jr. and Brady Albro. Brand Jr. had a great game on Friday and rushed for 263 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Meanwhile, Albro did his best for the losing side, throwing for 268 yards and a touchdown.
Irmo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 590 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Dutch Fork's record now sits at 8-0. As for Irmo, their record now sits at 9-0.
Everything came up roses for Dutch Fork against Irmo when the teams last played back in September of 2019, as the team secured a 47-7 win. In that game, Dutch Fork amassed a halftime lead of 35-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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