Football Preview: East Paulding Raiders vs. Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs
On Friday East Paulding will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. East Paulding is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.1 points per game this season.
East Paulding is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Alexander: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that East Paulding blew Alexander out of the water with a 45-6 final score. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Cougars are ranked 204th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Paulding got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Chantz Bouknight out in front who threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. Another rusher making a difference was Javen Parker, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Meanwhile, Kennesaw Mountain started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against South Paulding. They fell to the Spartans 21-15. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 8-0 in the first quarter.
Although Kennesaw Mountain took the loss, they still got scores from Nicholas Rankine and Chris (Smooth) Miller.
East Paulding pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Kennesaw Mountain, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season.
East Paulding lost to Kennesaw Mountain on the road by a decisive 28-12 margin in their previous matchup back in August of 2021. Can East Paulding avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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