The Newsome Wolves will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Plant City Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Plant City is hoping to do what Middleton couldn't on Friday: put an end to Newsome's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Newsome breezed by Middleton at home to the tune of 38-0. With that victory, the Wolves brought their scoring average up to 27.4 points per game.
Newsome's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jaikim Haggans, who rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Haggans a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Clayton Brown, who gained 143 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Newsome was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Plant City entered their tilt with Alonso on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Ravens 59-28 at home.
Newsome is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Plant City, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Newsome couldn't quite finish off Plant City when the teams last played back in August of 2023 and fell 20-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Plant City's Chris Denson, who threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 92 yards on only ten carries. Now that Newsome 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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