The Junction City Dragons will challenge the Murfreesboro Rattlers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Last Friday, Junction City took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 47-20 victory over Dierks. The Dragons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 27 points or more this season.
Junction City's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Dominique Grimes, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and Brady Penister, who rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns.
Junction City wouldn't let Dierks keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Junction City can thank Jermaine Singleton and Dejuan Wesley for forcing both of them. Singleton also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Junction City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Murfreesboro). They blew past Lafayette County, posting a 54-8 win at home. Considering the Rattlers have won three matchups by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Junction City pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Murfreesboro, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-2.
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