The LaBrae Vikings and the Crestview Rebels are set to duel on Friday. Crestview took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on LaBrae, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, LaBrae beat Southeast 20-7.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Crestview's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They and Garfield were almost perfectly matched up, but Crestview suffered a 23-22 defeat. That makes it the first time this season the Rebels have let down their home crowd.
Although Crestview took the loss, they still got scores from Maxwell Hawkins, Mikey Proctor, and Ethan Kane.
Even though they lost, Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 229 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
LaBrae has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Crestview, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2.
LaBrae suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Crestview in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hawkins, who rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. Now that LaBrae 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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