The Mayflower Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Quitman Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mayflower will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Mayflower will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 35) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Melbourne 13-10. The 13-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Quitman). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 56-21 victory over Episcopal. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won three matches by 26 points or more so far this season.
Jordon Moore-Payne was his usual excellent self, throwing for 305 yards and three touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Jamare Lovelace also helped out with an impressive 114 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Quitman's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Braiden Riley was the leader with two. Quitman is 2-1 when Riley posts two or more sacks, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Quitman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Mayflower pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Quitman, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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