The South Fremont Cougars will take on the Sugar-Salem Diggers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sugar-Salem is facing South Fremont at the wrong time: South Fremont suffered their first home loss of the season last Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell to the Beavers 14-8. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Sugar-Salem really took it to Preston for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-20 victory at home. The Diggers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 28 points or more this season.
Dawson Mcinelly was his usual excellent self, rushing for 145 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 101.7 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Abe Baldwin, who gained 43 total yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sugar-Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in 17 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Sugar-Salem didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kooper Mace and Baldwin.
South Fremont's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Sugar-Salem, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
South Fremont was taken down by Sugar-Salem 55-12 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for South Fremont, Carson Harris (who rushed for 263 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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