Football Preview: Manchester Blue Devils vs. Bowdon Red Devils
The Manchester Blue Devils will head out to square off against the Bowdon Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Manchester comes in on four and Bowdon on five.
Last Saturday, Manchester blew past Trion, posting a 34-7 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won three matches by 27 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Bowdon on Friday. Everything went their way against Booker T. Washington as Bowdon made off with a 42-18 win. The result was nothing new for the Red Devils, who have now won four games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Bowdon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Charles Maxell Iii, who threw for 157 yards and three touchdowns, and Nathan Bhony, who rushed for 167 yards on only 15 carries. Maxell Iii has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. A healthy portion of that aerial production (93 yards to be exact) went to Kaiden Prothro.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bowdon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in 19 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Manchester's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Bowdon, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Manchester and Bowdon were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, but Manchester came up empty-handed after a 28-27 loss. Thankfully for Manchester, Kyler Mcgrinn (who rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 60 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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