After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Westwood, Diboll was happy to have turned things around on Friday. Everything went their way against the Fairfield Eagles as the Diboll Lumberjacks made off with a 34-14 victory. This was payback for the Lumberjacks, who suffered a 61-9 loss the last time these two teams met.
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. The dominant performance gave Mosley a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Latavian Forney, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Diboll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Diboll's defense made their presence known, laying out Kohl Collins. four times. Fairfield's QB won't forget Joseph Sutton anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Sutton is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Another thorn in Fairfield's side was Tyrece Mcmillan, who made six total tackles.
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.
Diboll's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5. As for Fairfield, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-3 record.
Diboll didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 28-0 victory against Crockett on the 1st. As for Fairfield, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 62-39 loss against Westwood on the 1st.
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