Football Preview: East Carteret Mariners vs. Princeton Bulldogs
East Carteret is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Princeton is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After each having a week off, both will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Two weeks ago, East Carteret blew past Southside, posting a 41-7 victory.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Princeton). They simply couldn't be stopped two weeks ago as they easily beat North Johnston 62-28. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won five matches by 22 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Princeton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Austin Lewallen, who rushed for 211 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Lewallen is now averaging an impressive 104.1 rushing yards per game. Teo Mcphatter was another key back, rushing for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 474 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Princeton has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 45.0 points per game. As for East Carteret, their record is now 6-4.
East Carteret was dealt a bruising 62-7 loss at the hands of Princeton in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Thankfully for East Carteret, Seth Blevins (who rushed for 231 yards and five touchdowns on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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