Chester has gone 3-0 against Carlyle recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Chester Yellowjackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chester has five straight wins, Carlyle has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Chester's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Wesclin with a sharp 20-0 victory. The 20-point effort marked the Yellowjackets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Chester can attribute much of their success to Kolton Jany, who rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, and Zain Al-Jassim, who rushed for 21 yards and two touchdowns. Those 127 rushing yards gave Jany a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Chester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Chester's defense and their four sacks. Jany was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meanwhile, Carlyle came up short against Dupo on Friday and fell 28-20.
Chester's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Carlyle, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything came up roses for Chester against Carlyle in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 34-0 victory. Will Chester repeat their success, or does Carlyle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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