Somerset Prep's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Carol City Chiefs at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Somerset Prep didn't have too much trouble with Avant Garde Academy as they won 36-22. Somerset Prep pushed the score to 30-6 by the end of the third, a deficit Avant Garde Academy cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Carol City had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They strolled past the Wolverines with points to spare, taking the game 20-3. 20 seems to be a good number for the Chiefs as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Randy Phillips had a dynamite game for Carol City, throwing for 321 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushing for 108 yards on only nine carries. Those 108 rushing yards gave Phillips a new career-high. Shamar Fowles was Phillips' top target, picking up 139 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Carol City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Somerset Prep's victory bumped their record up to 3-6. As for Carol City, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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