Florence extended their road winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Malik Smith. The Florence Gophers managed a 30-25 win over the ALA - Ironwood Warriors on Friday thanks in part to Smith, who rushed for 301 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. Those 301 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Smith was just one part of a punishing run game: Florence was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Florence wouldn't let ALA - Ironwood keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Florence can thank Kj Watts and Angel Gortariz Jr for forcing both of them.
Despite the loss, ALA - Ironwood still got an impressive performance from Jett Brewster, who rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 134 yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of that aerial production (85 yards to be exact) went to Marques Dorsey.
Florence's record is now 9-1. As for ALA - Ironwood, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-2 record.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Florence will host Wickenburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Florence will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for ALA - Ironwood, they will be playing at home against Payson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. ALA - Ironwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.3 points per game this season.
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