The Garner Trojans will head out to challenge the Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garner is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31 points per game this season.
Garner took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 63-7 victory over Willow Spring at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-7.
Devyn Grant continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 174 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 32 receiving yards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 104.7 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Christian Ormandy, who rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Garner's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Tyquan Richardson with three. Garner got some further help from Ryan Hebert: he made 17 total tackles (7.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garner was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 357 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Southeast Raleigh's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They came up short against Clayton, falling 36-13. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Comets recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Garner's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Southeast Raleigh, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Garner was able to grind out a solid victory over Southeast Raleigh in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 22-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garner since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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