Football Preview: Overbrook Rams vs. West Deptford Eagles
On Friday Overbrook will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will take on the West Deptford Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Overbrook will be strutting in after a win while West Deptford will be coming in after a defeat.
Overbrook will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Saturday, then bounced right back against Audubon on Friday. Overbrook took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 34-6 victory over Audubon. Considering the Rams have won three games by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 58 points the game before, West Deptford was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They took an 18-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of Paulsboro. The matchup marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the loss, West Deptford saw an underclassman step up: Zamir Davis rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Davis a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, West Deptford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
Overbrook's win bumped their record up to 3-4-1. As for West Deptford, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4.
Overbrook took a serious blow against West Deptford when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 63-0. Can Overbrook avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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