Football Preview: West Carteret Patriots vs. Richlands Wildcats
Two dominant signal callers in Tanner Payne and Caleb Simco are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The West Carteret Patriots will be playing at home against the Richlands Wildcats 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.
West Carteret will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They came up short against White Oak, falling 63-42. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Patriots have suffered since October 6, 2023.
Meanwhile, Richlands put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Croatan at home to the tune of 42-14. Considering the Wildcats have won four games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Simco, who rushed for 230 yards on only nine carries, and also threw for 117 yards on eight of 15 attempts. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Richlands was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
West Carteret's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Richlands, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
West Carteret couldn't quite finish off Richlands in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 12-10. Will West Carteret have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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