The Irmo Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Chapin Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Irmo has eight straight wins, Chapin has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Irmo is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: White Knoll, who was ranked 11th at the time (Irmo was ranked first). The Yellow Jackets came out on top against the Timberwolves by a score of 14-3 on Friday. The 14-point effort marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The home team had come away the winner the last five times Chapin and River Bluff had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Eagles lost 33-7 to the Gators on Friday. The Eagles were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Irmo will have to contain Jack Coleman as he made an impact in Chapin's last game. He picked up 116 receiving yards and one touchdown.
Irmo's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Chapin, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Irmo against Chapin when the teams last played back in November of 2024, as the squad secured a 38-7 win. Do the Yellow Jackets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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