Marshall County has won 11 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Station Camp has won 11 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Marshall County Tigers will host the Station Camp Bison at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Marshall County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Lexington 42-5. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-3.
A big part of Marshall County's victory came down to the chemistry between Tyler Thompson and his top target Aja Jones. Thompson threw for 191 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes while Jones picked up 61 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Station Camp). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 62-0 win over Jackson North Side. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
A big part of Station Camp's win came down to the chemistry between Colton Overbey and his top target Eric Ginther. Overbey rushed for 111 yards on only 13 carries while Ginther picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Overbey a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Dickens, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Dickens was just one part of a punishing run game: Station Camp was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That's a new trend for Station Camp: they were averaging 94.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 212.2.
Station Camp has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.9 points per game. As for Marshall County, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
Friday's match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Thompson and Overbey. Thompson just won't slow down this season and has thrown 40 touchdowns (and and only 3 picks) while averaging 220.2 passing yards per game. Overbey has been a dominant force too and has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 174.1 passing yards per game.
Everything came up roses for Marshall County against Station Camp in their previous meeting back in September, as the squad secured a 40-7 win. In that game, Marshall County amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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