The Southeast Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Garfield G-Men at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Southeast's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Crestview on Friday. They were dealt a 42-0 defeat at the hands of the Rebels. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 550th, while the Rebels are ranked 248th).
Meanwhile, Garfield had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 56-22 win over the Golden Flashes. The G-Men might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 22 points or more this season.
Southeast better focus on containing Colton Miller and Devin Bates as the pair were huge in Garfield's win. Miller picked up 35 receiving yards and two TDs, while Bates rushed for 35 yards and one touchdown. Those 35 receiving yards gave Miller a new career-high.
Garfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 495 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Southeast now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Garfield, their record now sits at 4-1.
Southeast was taken down by Garfield 42-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bates, who rushed for 70 yards and three scores on only nine carries. Now that the Pirates know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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