Football Preview: Eastern Guilford Wildcats vs. Crest Chargers
The Eastern Guilford Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Crest Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastern Guilford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34 points per game this season.
Eastern Guilford is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 49 points back in October, they were much more limited against Dudley last Friday. They took a 21-2 bruising from the Panthers. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost four in a row.
Eastern Guilford didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Shawn Morris, Jerome Teague, Steven Murray, and Dj Parker picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crest). They blew past Stuart W. Cramer 50-7 on Thursday. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Storm are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crest relied on the efforts of Aiden Carson, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and Michael Edwards, who rushed for 41 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Edwards has posted since back in October of 2023.
Crest pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34 points. As for Eastern Guilford, with the defeat, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-4.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Eastern Guilford has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 182.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Crest struggles in that department as they've been averaging 158.6. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.
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