OPPONENT
and caught two passes for another 92. So Lyles will go into Friday night’s opener at The Furnace averaging 10.5 yards per rush and 46 yards per catch this year.
They are putting up the eye-popping offensive numbers while they continue adjusting to a new offense, using more of a pro set with a tight end or even two tight ends and two running backs.
And now that they’ve had a couple of more weeks to continue working at getting more comfortable in the new system, it will be interesting to see where they stand with region games right around the corner.
It was also pretty obvious that on the opening night of the season, the Sonoraville defense was in midseason form by pitching a shutout.
The Phoenix offense did commit three turnovers and lose two fumbles, but the Rome offense could not capitalize on any of those mistakes. Twice in fact, the Blue Devil set up shop inside Sonoraville territory after a turnover but didn’t go anywhere and they never got into the Red Zone the entire game.
The visitors also didn’t
let Rome put together any drives or even a hint of a drive, forcing them to go 0-for-11 on third down conversions while allowing less than 50 yards in total offense.
And they forced four turnovers on their own, recovering two Model fumbles and picking off two passes.
Fannin County is 1-0 on the season after beating Union County, 34-7 nearly two weeks ago in their opener. The Blue Devils were supposed to play neighboring rival Copper Basin for the first time in 25 years last week but that game was canceled.
The Blue Devils were pretty potent themselves offensively in their season-opening win, accumulating 434 yards in total offense. And they did show good balance with 234 yards on the ground and another 200 through the air in that win.
And like the Phoenix in that first week, Fannin County had a good defensive effort and giving up just a hundred and thirty yards in total offense. But 83 of those came on Union County’s only touchdown, which was an 83-yard pass play in the second half after FC had jumped to a 27-0 lead.
The kickoff for this rescheduled game is set for 7:30 p.m.