Two dominant signal callers in Aaron (Aj) Brand Jr. and Brady Albro are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Irmo Yellow Jackets and the Chapin Eagles will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Irmo has eight straight wins, Chapin has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Irmo is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: White Knoll, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Irmo was ranked fifth). Irmo enjoyed a cozy 35-21 victory over White Knoll last Friday. 35 seems to be a good number for the Yellow Jackets as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 32 points the game before, Chapin was a bit more limited in their match last Friday. They came up short against River Bluff, falling 30-6. The matchup marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Irmo's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Chapin, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
Everything came up roses for Irmo against Chapin in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, as the squad secured a 48-3 win. In that contest, Irmo amassed a halftime lead of 28-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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