Football Recap: Richlands Wildcats vs. West Carteret Patriots
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Richlands). They claimed a resounding 61-27 win over the West Carteret Patriots on the road. Considering the Wildcats have won five matchups by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Leading Richlands to victory were Noah Leblanc and Caleb Simco. Leblanc rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while Simco threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Those 152 rushing yards gave Leblanc a new career-high. Tyler Clouatre was Simco's top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Richlands 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 190 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Richlands didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Nate Mummert, Rocco Welsh, and Jo?Nathan Kennon picked up one apiece.
Although West Carteret took the loss, they still got scores from Tanner Payne, Jasiah Jones, Dallas Riggan, and Jay Murray.
Richlands pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for West Carteret, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Richlands will be playing in front of their home fans against White Oak at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. White Oak will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Richlands surely won't give up without a fight. As for West Carteret, they and Swansboro are set to duel on Friday. West Carteret is facing Swansboro at the right time seeing as Swansboro is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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