The Clarksville Tigers will square off against the Linden-Kildare Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Linden-Kildare took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Clarksville, who comes in off a win.
Clarksville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cumby on Friday, sneaking past 56-54. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Jonathan Morgan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 252 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 142 yards while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Semaj Harris handled things on the ground, rushing for 80 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clarksville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 92 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 182.
Meanwhile, Linden-Kildare was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Detroit, falling 50-22.
Clarksville's win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5. As for Linden-Kildare, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Clarksville beat Linden-Kildare 23-14 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Clarksville repeat their success, or does Linden-Kildare have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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