The Carlisle Bison will square off against the Junction City Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Carlisle sitting on 11 straight victories and Junction City on three.
Carlisle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 45-6 win over Hector. Considering the Bison have won ten matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Junction City strolled past Cross County with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 36-22.
Dominique Grimes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 143 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 35 receiving yards.
Junction City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 353 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests.
Junction City wouldn't let Cross County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Decoria Clemons was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Carlisle's victory bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Junction City, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Everything went Carlisle's way against Junction City in their previous meeting back in September, as Carlisle made off with a 41-20 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Grimes, who rushed for 287 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Carlisle still be able to contain Grimes? There's only one way to find out.
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