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Mules’ Season Ends With First Round Road Loss In Greenville A year ago, Justin Townsend’s Fairfield Mules took a long bus ride north and won a playoff game they were not supposed to, beating one of the South Central Conference’s co-champions in North Mac. On Saturday, they traveled to Greenville to try to pull off the same against this year’s South Central Conference champions in the 9-0 Comets. They were unable to repeat the feat, with the Comets flying past the Mules, 35-12. The undefeated home team scored on their first possession of the game and led 21-0 before the … Continue reading Mules Football vs. Greenville, 10-28-23

Mules Take Care Of Business To Earn Playoff Spot; At Greenville Needing a win to make the playoffs, the Fairfield Mules simply needed to take care of business in a rare Thursday Night Lights game, hosting the two-win Edwards County Lions. Queue the Bachman-Turnover Overdrive, because Justin Townsend’s Mules did just that, rolling to a 52-7 win to finish the regular season with a 5-4 record to put themselves in playoff contentions. On Saturday night, they found out their fate, a Saturday afternoon road trip to face the 9-0 Greenville Comets. “We are battle tested and playoff eligible,” Townsend said … Continue reading Mules Football vs. Edwards Co., 10-19-23

Mules Keep Playoff Hopes Alive With 44-0 Drubbing Of Host Foxes Justin Townsend’s Fairfield Mules were coming off a running-clock win against CZR, but the Bearcats were a winless team coming into that matchup. On Friday, the Mules once again dominated a conference foe with a running clock win, but this time it was against a team who came into the matchup with a better record than the Mules. The Foxes were 4-3 coming in against the 3-4 Mules, but the records did not reflect the play Friday, with the Mules winning easily 44-0. That win keeps the Mules’ playoff … Continue reading Mules Football vs. HamCo, 10-14-23

Mules Get First Running Clock Victory Of Year; Improve To 3-4 The Fairfield Mules have had at least one running-clock win every year since 2007, but had not had one yet this year, entering week seven. They extended that streak to 17 seasons with a 58-14 Homecoming win Saturday afternoon at the Train Yard. Fairfield scored the first 48 points of the game, all in the first half against the CZR Bearcats, who came in to the game winless. Fairfield improved to 3-4 on the year, winning their second straight as they try to reel off four straight to end … Continue reading Mules Football vs. CZR, 10-7-23

Mules Snap Losing Skid, Beat Wolves On Flora Homecoming With their backs against the wall coming off three straight losses, Justin Townsend’s Fairfield Mules took a step in the right direction Friday night, spoiling the Flora Wolves’ homecoming game with a 28-14 win. The Mules improved to 2-4 on the year as they try to string together four straight wins to close out the season to get playoff eligible. The Wolves came into the game with a 3-2 record, with the loss evening their record. The Mules scored the first three touchdowns of the game and the Wolves never got … Continue reading Mules Football vs. Flora, 9-29-23

Mules Drop Third Straight; No Wiggle Room Left In Playoff Chase Despite scoring 20 points in a five-minute stretch in the first quarter, Justin Townsend’s Fairfield Mules suffered their fourth loss in five weeks Friday at home, with the visiting Carmi Bulldogs pulling away to a 42-26 victory. The Bulldogs were the first to dent the scoreboard but then the Mules bunched together three straight scored, which took a total of 302 seconds, to lead 20-6 after one quarter. That would be the high water mark, however, as the Bulldogs closed out the game on a 36-6 spurt, including a … Continue reading Mules football vs. Carmi, 9-22-23