Football Preview: East Paulding Raiders vs. Effingham County Rebels
Two dominant signal callers in Chantz Bouknight and Tucker Perkins are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the East Paulding Raiders and the Effingham County Rebels will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as East Paulding comes in on six and Effingham County on three.
Last Friday, East Paulding earned a 21-10 victory over Villa Rica.
It was another big night for Bouknight, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 165 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Effingham County got the win against Statesboro last Friday by a conclusive 28-6. The result was nothing new for the Rebels, who have now won five games by 21 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Effingham County's win came down to the chemistry between Perkins and his top target Lamar Roberts. Perkins threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes while Roberts picked up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Effingham County is undefeated when Roberts posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
Effingham County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Effingham County is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25 points. As for East Paulding, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
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