Football Preview: Richlands Wildcats vs. Princeton Bulldogs
The Richlands Wildcats will square off against the Princeton Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Richlands is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let South Lenoir onto the board and left with a 57-0 win on Friday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 395th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Princeton's strategy against Rosewood on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Princeton blew Rosewood out of the water with a 48-7 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bulldogs had established a 32 point advantage.
Teo Mcphatter was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for ten yards and a touchdown. Mcphatter is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season. Austin Lewallen also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 304 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rosewood only rushed for 62.
The victory for Richlands keeps them at an undefeated 4-0. As for Princeton, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Richlands beat Princeton 27-20 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lewallen, who rushed for 294 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Richlands still be able to contain Lewallen? There's only one way to find out.
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