The Springfield Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Black River Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Springfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Springfield is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Lowellville: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Springfield blew Lowellville out of the water with a 43-12 final score. Considering the Tigers have won six matches by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Dante Gentile and Geno Perry. Gentile had a great game on Friday and rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Perry did his best for the losing side, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 31 receiving yards.
Springfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Black River and Columbia met for a duel on Friday where Black River couldn't get it done. Black River fell to Columbia 35-30. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Springfield's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for Black River, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
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