Football Recap: Millbrook Wildcats vs. Knightdale Knights
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Millbrook). They blew past the Knightdale Knights, posting a 50-13 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Knights are ranked 241st), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Millbrook's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nessiah Mcarthur led the charge by rushing for 31 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 63 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards Mcarthur has posted since back in September. Another back making a difference was Brilison Mccullers, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Millbrook's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Breylon Mcculler and Richard Jackson, who racked up four sacks between them. Another thorn in Knightdale's side was Quinton Cypher, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Although Knightdale took the loss, they still got scores from Le'Eric Cooper and Rashaun Covington.
The victory made it two in a row for Millbrook and bumps their season record up to 8-1. As for Knightdale, their loss was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges Wake Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Millbrook's defense has only allowed 11.1 points per game this season, so Wake Forest's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Knightdale, they will challenge Wakefield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Knightdale is facing Wakefield at the right time seeing as Wakefield is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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