The Brookfield Warriors will venture away from home to face off against the Crestview Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Brookfield lost to Liberty at home by a 56-38 margin.
Meanwhile, Crestview had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They breezed by the Pirates on the road to the tune of 68-19. Considering the Rebels have won four contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Crestview relied on the efforts of Maxwell Hawkins, who rushed for 201 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and Jake Noling, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. With that strong performance, Hawkins is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game. Ethan Kane got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Brookfield's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Crestview, their record now sits at 4-1.
Brookfield lost to Crestview on the road by a decisive 43-26 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hawkins, who rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Now that Brookfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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