It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Collierville had no problem doing just that on Friday. They blew past the Germantown Red Devils 24-0. The result was nothing new for the Dragons, who have now won seven matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
The critical scores for Collierville came from Tae Walden Jr, Emmanuel Palmer, and Marshall Smith Jr. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Troutman, who threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes.
One reason for the win was Collierville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Tristian Euell was especially locked on to Germantown's QB and sacked him twice. Euell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11.
Collierville pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.4 points. As for Germantown, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-5.
Collierville will square off against Houston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Collierville: 7.6, Houston: 13.1) so any points scored will be well earned. Germantown does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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