The Southeast Pirates will square off against the Garfield G-Men at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Garfield is facing Southeast at the wrong time: Southeast suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were beaten by the Rebels 68-19.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield). They blew past Champion 50-0 on the road on Friday. The victory was nothing new for the G-Men as they're now sitting on three straight.
Garfield found their leader in underclassman Devin Bates, who rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Bates a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Garfield's defense and their five sacks. Harper Troyer was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Southeast now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Garfield, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Southeast might still be hurting after the 27-7 defeat they got from Garfield in their previous meeting back in October of 2020. Thankfully for Southeast, Anthony Demma (who rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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