Russellville has won eight straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Fairview has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. After each having a week off, both will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Russellville: 16.4, Fairview: 15.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Russellville is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Ardmore: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Russellville blew Ardmore out of the water with a 38-7 final score. The Golden Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 22 points or more this season.
Cameron Phinizee continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 341 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his 17th straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Whit Goodwin, who rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Russellville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 300 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Fairview won against Ardmore back in September with 28 points and they decided to stick to that point total again two weeks ago. Fairview sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 28-25 win over Lawrence County.
Kolt Redding and Jake Harper were among the main playmakers for Fairview as the former rushed for 136 yards on only 12 carries and the latter rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Cayden Griffin did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 104 receiving yards.
Russellville's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Fairview, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Russellville has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 322.2 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Fairview struggles in that department as they've been averaging 336.2. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Russellville strolled past Fairview in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 31-14. Will Russellville repeat their success, or does Fairview have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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