The Mt. Zion Braves will venture away from home to take on the Carterville Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Mt. Zion sitting on three straight victories and Carterville on four.
Mt. Zion is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Mater Dei 56-37 on Friday. With that win, the Braves brought their scoring average up to 28.1 points per game.
Keller Stocks continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 166 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 316 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per attempt. His longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Brayden Trimble, who gained 185 total yards and two touchdowns.
Mt. Zion was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 97.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 166.
Mt. Zion didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brody Lipa and Trimble.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Carterville challenged Anna-Jonesboro/Dongola on Friday. Carterville claimed a resounding 54-6 victory over Anna-Jonesboro/Dongola. That 48 point margin sets a new team best for the Lions this season.
Mt. Zion's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Carterville, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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