Midland Valley is 1-9 against North Augusta since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Midland Valley Mustangs will challenge the North Augusta Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Midland Valley comes in on three and North Augusta on six.
Midland Valley will bounce into Friday's match after beating South Aiken, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Midland Valley took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 41-14 victory over South Aiken. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, North Augusta's game on Saturday was all tied up 21-21 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They claimed a resounding 56-28 win over Brookland-Cayce. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Bearcats are ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Midland Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for North Augusta, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Midland Valley barely slipped by North Augusta when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 49-48. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Augusta's Corey Tillman Jr., who threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 166 yards while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Midland Valley still be able to contain Tillman Jr.? There's only one way to find out.
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