The Columbia Roughnecks will challenge the Royal Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Columbia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Harmony School of Innovation 56-0 on the road. With that win, the Roughnecks brought their scoring average up to 26.7 points per game.
Mudassir Abdullah and Noah Wallace were among the main playmakers for Columbia as the former rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only six carries and the latter rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns. Abdullah's longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Caden Bell also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Columbia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Columbia wouldn't let Harmony School of Innovation keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Columbia can thank Korbyn Faulkner and Robert Phillips for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Royal didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Sweeny on Friday, but they still walked away with a 55-49 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
A big part of Royal's win came down to the chemistry between Mason Hartwell and his top target Noah Lasker. Hartwell rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns while Lasker rushed for 125 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries.
Columbia's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Royal, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Columbia won a contest that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, slipping by Royal 33-32. Will Columbia repeat their success, or does Royal have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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