Football Game Preview: Crestwood Knights vs. Wilson Tigers

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 8:29am

Football Preview: Crestwood Knights vs. Wilson Tigers

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On Friday Crestwood will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Wilson Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

Last Wednesday, Crestwood was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 26-21 to Lower Richland. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Diamond Hornets: they've now lost three in a row.

Crestwood's defeat came about despite a quality game from Jaydis Williams, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 99 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in rushing yards.

Meanwhile, Wilson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by Hartsville 49-6. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Red Foxes are ranked 36th).

Crestwood's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Wilson, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.

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