Football Game Preview: East Coweta Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 3:25pm

Football Preview: East Coweta Indians vs. Perry Panthers

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The East Coweta Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Perry Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

East Coweta is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since September 1, 2023 last Friday. Everything went their way against Lovejoy as East Coweta made off with a 30-6 victory. The Indians pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.

East Coweta's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Cohen Peeples, who rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 75 yards and a touchdown. Ricky Howell Jr was another key back, gaining 84 total yards and a touchdown.

Special teams also played a big role in the game for East Coweta, adding 12 points to the final score. All those points came courtesy of Aaron Mcwilliams: he added nine points with three field goals, and another three kicking extra points.

Meanwhile, while Perry put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Veterans. Perry blew past Veterans, posting a 38-0 victory on the road. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Warhawks are ranked 236th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The win got East Coweta back to even at 2-2. As for Perry, their victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.

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