The Page Patriots will head out to square off against the Springfield Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Page comes in on 13 and Springfield on three.
Last Friday, Page made easy work of Shelbyville Central and carried off a 28-6 win. Considering the Patriots have won 11 games by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Springfield). They blew past Beech, posting a 47-14 victory. Springfield's win was all the more impressive since the Buccaneers were averaging only 14.92 points allowed on the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Springfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaidon Hurst, who rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry. Those 200 rushing yards gave Hurst a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Keenan (Kj) Chatman, who rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns.
Springfield wouldn't let Beech keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. (Kj) Chatman led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Damarieon Smith also made six total tackles, which is notable because Springfield is 5-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 3-4 otherwise.
Springfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Page pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.5 points. As for Springfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
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