Shelbyville has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Garrison Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Shelbyville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Carlisle on the road to the tune of 64-33 two weeks ago. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 466th, while the Indians are ranked 994th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dj Barnes and Ronnie Williams were among the main playmakers for Shelbyville as the former rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries and the latter rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Williams is now averaging an impressive 108.8 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Hunter Harvey, who gained 87 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Garrison made easy work of North Webster on Friday and carried off a 35-14 victory. The contest marked the Bulldogs' most dominant win of the season so far.
Shelbyville's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Garrison, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Shelbyville was taken down by Garrison 49-14 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garrison's Omarion Rasberry, who rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Shelbyville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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