With a playoff game on the line, Chapel Hill rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Stafford Spartans as they made off with a 28-3 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Spartans are ranked 266th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Damarcion Blaylock had a dynamite game for Chapel Hill, rushing for 61 yards, while also catching a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Blaylock a new career-high in rushing yards. Chapel Hill also got a significant boost from Rickey Stewart, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
Chapel Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 222 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Chapel Hill has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.0 points per game. As for Stafford, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-5.
Chapel Hill will face off against Kilgore at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Kilgore knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully Chapel Hill likes a good challenge. Stafford does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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