The Brooke Bruins are taking a road trip to face off against the Sharon Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brooke took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 33-6 victory over John Marshall at home. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bruins needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Meanwhile, Sharon entered their tilt with Titusville on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Rockets, posting a 63-22 win at home. Considering the Tigers have won six games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Isaac Friday and Jaxon Covell. Friday had a great game and rushed for 319 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Covell was balling out in the loss, picking up 88 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 96 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sharon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 473 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Sharon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ghafir Lampkins and Ra'Keem Hughes.
Brooke's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Sharon, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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