Football Preview: Williamson Lions vs. Northside Rams
The Williamson Lions will be playing at home against the Northside Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Williamson will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Williamson will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two points back in October, then bounced right back against LeFlore two weeks ago. Williamson blew past LeFlore, posting a 35-0 victory. Considering the Lions have won six games by more than 34 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The critical scores for Williamson came from Willie Maddox, Jaylen Scott, Yusuf Clark, Keyante Pettaway, and Ellis Mcgaskin.
One reason for the win was Williamson's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Demarcus Dale-Brown was especially locked on to LeFlore's QB and sacked him three times. Dale-Brown has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 18 times he's played. Another thorn in LeFlore's side was Trey Pettway, who picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Williamson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Northside was able to grind out a solid win over American Christian Academy on Friday, taking the game 35-28.
Northside's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Williamson, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
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