The Garfield G-Men are taking a road trip to square off against the Southeast Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Garfield's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Champion, posting a 50-0 victory on the road. The contest marked the G-Men's most dominant win of the season so far.
Devin Bates was his usual excellent self, rushing for 103 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
One reason for the win was Garfield's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Harper Troyer was especially locked on to Champion's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Southeast entered their game against Crestview on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Southeast was dealt a 68-19 defeat at the hands of Crestview.
Garfield's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Southeast, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything went Garfield's way against Southeast in their previous meeting back in October of 2020 as Garfield made off with a 27-7 win. In that matchup, Garfield amassed a halftime lead of 20-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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