Gainesville won the last time they faced Freedom, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Gainesville Cardinals claimed a resounding 42-6 win over the Freedom Eagles. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 28 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Colton Kilmer, who threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Another player making a difference was Koven Smith, who gained 127 total yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Gainesville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 4.5 sacks. Carrington Knight was especially locked on to Freedom's QB and sacked him twice.
The victory made it two in a row for Gainesville and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for Freedom, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Gainesville will host Unity Reed at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gainesville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.4 points per game this season. As for Freedom, they will square off against John Champe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. John Champe also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 36.4 points per game.
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