The Clayton Comets will square off against the Richmond Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Clayton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to Corinth Holders for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-17 victory. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Comets had established a 24 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Richmond had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 42-6 win over the Pirates. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Clayton pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.1 points per game. As for Richmond, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
Clayton took a serious blow against Richmond in their previous matchup back in August of 2019, falling 48-2. Can Clayton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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