Football Preview: East Wake Warriors vs. Williams Bulldogs
Two dominant signal callers in Maurice Maloy and Dan Mahan are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the East Wake Warriors and the Williams Bulldogs will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as East Wake comes in on three and Williams on nine.
Two weeks ago, East Wake was able to grind out a solid win over Smithfield-Selma, taking the game 35-28. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly seven points.
East Wake's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Khalee Batts, who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Batts a new career-high in rushing yards. Jamal Taybron also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, Williams blew past Person, posting a 54-16 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by 24 points or more this season.
Williams can attribute much of their success to Mahan, who threw for 218 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and Amarion Richmond, who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Mahan has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Andrews Cruz was Mahan's top target, picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Williams didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Leontae Turner and Nathan Williams-Medley.
Williams pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.0 points per game. As for East Wake, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-5.
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