Football Preview: Fayetteville-Perry Rockets vs. Williamsburg Wildcats
The Fayetteville-Perry Rockets will face off against the Williamsburg Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fayetteville-Perry is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Fayetteville-Perry was beaten by New Miami 47-6. The Rockets were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 27-6.
Meanwhile, Williamsburg had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 40-7 victory over the Tigers. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Tigers are ranked 592nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Williamsburg can attribute much of their success to Landon Hittle, who rushed for 97 yards on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Williamsburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Fayetteville-Perry's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Williamsburg, their record now sits at 4-1.
Fayetteville-Perry was taken down by Williamsburg 48-6 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Fayetteville-Perry, Jj Miller (who threw for 347 yards and six touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 54 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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