Two dominant backs in Darrius Favors and Chris Cole are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Manchester Blue Devils will face off against the Brooks County Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Manchester sitting on ten straight victories and Brooks County on three.
Manchester is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lincoln County 20-17.
Favors continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 186 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 119 rushing yards. Manchester also got a significant boost from Qua Cooper, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
Meanwhile, Brooks County got the win against Jenkins County on Friday by a conclusive 28-7. Considering the Trojans have won seven contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Brooks County found their leader in sophomore Marquis Williams, who picked up three sacks, forced a fumble, and made ten total tackles (5.5 for loss). The dominant performance also gave George Lamons Jr. a new career-high in rushing yards (33).
Brooks County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.1 points. As for Manchester, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
Manchester lost to Brooks County on the road by a decisive 41-26 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2015. Can Manchester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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