Football Preview: Brookland-Cayce Bearcats vs. South Aiken Thoroughbreds
The Brookland-Cayce Bearcats will challenge the South Aiken Thoroughbreds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Brookland-Cayce will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Brookland-Cayce came up short against May River on Thursday, falling 35-13. The last quarter was a mere formality, since the game's final score was reached by the end of the third quarter.
Meanwhile, South Aiken's offense rose to the challenge against a Warhorses defense that boasted an average of only 11.25 points allowed on Friday. South Aiken managed a 31-26 win over Barnwell.
Jevon Edwards was his usual excellent self, rushing for 227 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 156 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Tucker Bryan, who threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes.
South Aiken was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 185 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
South Aiken wouldn't let Barnwell keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Aiken can thank Tyson Braxton and Keon Raysor for forcing both of them.
Brookland-Cayce's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for South Aiken, their victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-2.
Brookland-Cayce strolled past South Aiken in their previous meeting back in October of 2019 by a score of 35-20. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was South Aiken's Nequel Martin, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Brookland-Cayce to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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