The Briar Woods Falcons will face off against the Lightridge Bolts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Briar Woods will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Briar Woods' defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 32-0 win over Potomac Falls. Considering the Falcons have won three games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Briar Woods' victory came down to the chemistry between Brady Carmical and his top target Colin Capistrant. Carmical threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes while Capistrant picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Briar Woods' defense made their presence known, laying out the QB seven times. The heavy lifting was done by Lucas Roser and Aidan Schaal, who racked up five sacks between them. Schaal is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lightridge came into Friday's matchup having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Stone Bridge by a score of 21-14 on Friday.
Briar Woods' win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Lightridge, their victory bumped their record up to 2-5.
Briar Woods strolled past Lightridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 34-20. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Lightridge's Carter Working, who threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Briar Woods to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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