The James F. Byrnes Rebels and the Spartanburg Vikings are set to duel on Friday. James F. Byrnes will be strutting in after a win while Spartanburg will be coming in after a defeat.
James F. Byrnes is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Lexington 32-11. The score was close at the half, but the Rebels pulled away in the second half with 19 points.
Zy Landrum went supernova for James F. Byrnes, rushing for 46 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 158 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to James F. Byrnes' defense and their four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Shayne Dixon and Jaidyn Ferguson, who racked up all four sacks between them. Ferguson is becoming a predictor of James F. Byrnes' success: when he posts at least one sack the team is 2-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, Spartanburg faced Gaffney in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Spartanburg fell just short of Gaffney by a score of 27-24. The Vikings have struggled against the Indians recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
James F. Byrnes has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Spartanburg, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
James F. Byrnes was dealt a bruising 58-14 defeat at the hands of Spartanburg in their previous matchup back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spartanburg's Trenton Lynch, who rushed for 162 yards while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. Now that James F. Byrnes knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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