Football Preview: Cheraw Wolverines vs. Wiley Panthers
The Cheraw Wolverines will venture away from home to face off against the Wiley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cheraw is headed into the game having just suffered their closest loss since August 26, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Eads by a score of 40-38. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Wolverines still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Wiley had to endure a 12-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged Walsh out 48-46. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Wiley found their leader in underclassman Grant Mauch, who threw for 125 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 81 yards on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Mauch a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Brenden Campbell, who rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wiley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Cheraw has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season. As for Wiley, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-5.
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