It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks challenges the Falkner Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Myrtle on the road against Ashland as the team secured a 39-6 victory. The match marked the Hawks' most dominant win of the season.
Myrtle found their leader in underclassman Zane Hill, who rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 138 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes. Those 78 rushing yards gave Hill a new career-high.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Myrtle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Myrtle didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Drew Stanton, Colton Gordon, and Harlem McClendon picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Falkner came tearing into last Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 54-12 victory over the Lions. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five matches by 37 points or more so far this season.
Myrtle's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Falkner, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Myrtle lost to Falkner on the road by a decisive 35-20 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Myrtle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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