Two dominant backs in Rodney Smith and Braylon Thompson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets will face off against the Brevard Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Forest Hills sitting on seven straight wins and Brevard on nine.
Forest Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Salisbury by a score of 38-31. 38 seems to be a good number for the Yellow Jackets as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Smith, who rushed for 229 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. Those 229 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Zach Dillworth was another key player, throwing for 203 yards and two touchdowns.
Forest Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Forest Hills wouldn't let Salisbury keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Forest Hills can thank Smith and Curt Williams for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Brevard's match on Friday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They really took it to East Rutherford for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-6 win. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won eight games by 24 points or more so far this season.
Brevard's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Thompson led the charge by rushing for 106 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Another back making a difference was Nyrell Skinner, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Brevard's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Zion O'Neal Brown was especially locked on to East Rutherford's QB and sacked him twice. O'Neal Brown is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Another thorn in East Rutherford's side was Jax Whitmire, who made 12 total tackles.
Forest Hills' victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.0 points per game. As for Brevard, their win bumped their record up to 10-2.
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