The Clinton Red Devils will face off against the Pelion Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pelion is hoping to do what Liberty couldn't on Friday: put an end to Clinton's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Clinton blew past Liberty 42-22. Clinton might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 20 points or more this season.
Clinton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Javen Cook, who rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and Tushawan Richardson, who rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Richardson has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Khari Vance, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown.
Clinton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 276 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pelion). Everything went their way against American Leadership Academy two weeks ago as Pelion made off with a 28-6 win. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Panthers as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Pelion's win ended a ten-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-8. As for Clinton, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
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