The Cross County Thunderbirds will head out to challenge the Junction City Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cross County's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Earle 30-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Thunderbirds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Junction City). They breezed by Spring Hill to the tune of 59-30 on Thursday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Junction City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brady Penister, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. That's the most rushing yards Penister has posted since back in September. Another receiver making a difference was Dominique Grimes, who gained 75 total yards and a touchdown.
Junction City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Junction City's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Dalton Baker was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sacks himself.
Cross County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.7 points per game. As for Junction City, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
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