The Jacksonville Crimsons will face off against the Lincoln Railsplitters at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Jacksonville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Jacksonville humbled MacArthur with a 53-13 victory. Considering the Crimsons have won four contests by more than 39 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jacksonville can attribute much of their success to Braden Hutchison, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Hutchison has become a key player for Jacksonville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Jacksonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 586 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a win for Lincoln just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Quincy Notre Dame, falling 54-12. While losing is never fun, the Railsplitters can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Raiders are ranked 69th).
Jacksonville's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Lincoln, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-4.
Jacksonville came up short against Lincoln when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 41-28. Can Jacksonville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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