Football Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. West Florence Knights
The Blythewood Bengals will challenge the West Florence Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blythewood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.3 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Blythewood earned a 37-24 victory over Lugoff-Elgin. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bengals.
A big part of Blythewood's win came down to the chemistry between Johnny Collins and his top target Carter Coleman. Collins threw for 233 yards and four touchdowns while Coleman picked up 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Coleman showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 69 yards. Another player making a difference was Kanye Reed, who picked up 35 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Blythewood's defense and their seven sacks. Leading the way was Kemuel Little with three. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, West Florence entered their contest against Sumter on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. West Florence was beaten by Sumter 63-25. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Gamecocks: they've now lost five in a row.
Blythewood's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for West Florence, the defeat snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-2 record.
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