The Elysian Fields Yellowjackets will challenge the Hawkins Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after three-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Elysian Fields will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 32) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Queen City 24-21.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Elysian Fields to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nunu Kennedy, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Kennedy a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Alex Simmons, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.5 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Elysian Fields was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 298 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hawkins humbled Winona with a 50-20 victory. Fans of the Hawks have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Elysian Fields' victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Hawkins, their win bumped their record up to an identical 3-0.
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