The Danville Warriors will challenge the North Montgomery Chargin' Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Danville will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Danville strolled past Western Boone with points to spare, taking the game 28-9. The Warriors' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Danville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Carter Ward, who threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and Minh Vu, who rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Ethan Wooten handled things on the ground, rushing for 95 yards.
Danville wouldn't let Western Boone keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Danville can thank Carter Pruet and Porter Prather for forcing all of them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Montgomery). They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-26 victory over Frankfort. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-6.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Montgomery was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 78.6 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 156.3.
Danville's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for North Montgomery, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
Danville skirted past North Montgomery 23-20 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Danville have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Montgomery turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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