The Carver Birmingham Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Permian Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after three-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Carver Birmingham's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Hayden 40-0 on the road. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Wildcats are ranked 263rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tarjuan Johnson and De'Jarvis Wade Ll were among the main playmakers for Carver Birmingham as the former rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry and the latter threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Permian narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Tascosa 50-48.
Gavin Black was his usual excellent self, rushing for 238 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 177 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakob Garcia, who rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Permian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 225 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Carver Birmingham's win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-0. As for Permian, their victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
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