The Greenville Comets will take on the Fairfield Mules at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Greenville sitting on three straight victories and Fairfield on four.
Last Friday, Greenville beat North Mac 17-8. The 17-point effort marked the Comets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, everything went Fairfield's way against Edwards County on Friday as Fairfield made off with a 36-14 win. The result was nothing new for the Mules, who have now won three contests by 22 points or more so far this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Israel Sargent and he. Sargent rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns while he rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Michael Barner a new career-high in rushing yards (172).
Fairfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 412 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Greenville pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Fairfield, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Everything went Greenville's way against Fairfield in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Greenville made off with a 35-12 victory. Will Greenville repeat their success, or does Fairfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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