The Stafford Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Stafford is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 20-13 win over Calhoun on Friday.
The critical scores for Stafford came from Dominic Young, Ja'Yir Nelson, and Nelson. The team also got some help courtesy of Zachary Brown, who threw for 135 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Hamshire-Fannett on the road against Almeta Crawford on Saturday as the squad secured a 50-13 victory. That looming 50-13 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Longhorns yet this season.
Chris Augustine was his usual excellent self, rushing for 160 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Isaiah Reed, who rushed for 60 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hamshire-Fannett was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 362 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got Stafford back to even at 2-2. As for Hamshire-Fannett, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
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