Franklin is 2-8 against Southampton since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Franklin Broncos will venture away from home to face off against the Southampton Indians at 7:00 p.m. That game will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Travis Mabry Jr and Javonte Lynch.
Franklin will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were outmatched by Greensville County on the road and fell 50-20.
Franklin might have lost, but man, Mabry Jr was a machine: he rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns. Franklin is 3-1 when Mabry Jr posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-5 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Southampton entered their tilt with Windsor on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 59-26 victory over the Dukes. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won seven contests by 23 points or more so far this season.
Lynch was his usual excellent self, rushing for 195 yards and four touchdowns on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Zayden Pope, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Southampton's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Qmarai Allen and Ivan Golden, who racked up four sacks between them.
Southampton pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Franklin, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Franklin took a serious blow against Southampton in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 42-6. Can Franklin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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