The Fair Grove Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fair Grove is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Fair Grove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Clever for the full four quarters, racking up a 61-21 victory at home. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
Spensar Seiger was his usual excellent self, rushing for 99 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 186 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. Gavin Thomason was Seiger's top target, rushing for 79 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 45 receiving yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Fair Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 443 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Fair Grove wouldn't let Clever keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Fair Grove can thank Logan Wilson and Gage Hill for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Springfield Catholic took a blow against Forsyth on Friday, falling 48-9. The Fighting Irish have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Fair Grove's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Springfield Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Fair Grove was taken down by Springfield Catholic 41-6 when the teams last played back in September of 2017. Can Fair Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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