After flying high against Huntington last Friday, Fairfield came back down to earth. The Fairfield Eagles lost 34-14 to the Diboll Lumberjacks on Friday. The matchup marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the loss, Fairfield still got an impressive performance from Finn Smith, who picked up 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Smith is now averaging an impressive 105.4 receiving yards per game. Fairfield also got a significant boost from Darion Weatherall, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Diboll to victory, but perhaps none more so than Michael Mosley, who rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also caught a touchdown. Mosley's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Latavian Forney was another key player, picking up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Fairfield moved to 5-3 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Diboll, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5.
Fairfield has already played their next match, a 62-39 loss against Westwood on the 1st. As for Diboll, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 28-0 victory against Crockett on the 1st.
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