Football Recap: East Paulding Raiders vs. Effingham County Rebels
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Paulding had no problem doing just that on Friday. They blew past the Effingham County Rebels 51-14. Considering the Raiders have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Paulding to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chantz Bouknight, who rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 141 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.3% of his passes. Another back making a difference was Javen Parker, who rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
East Paulding didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brian Allen and Quatorius ?Wolf? Walker.
East Paulding's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.6 points. As for Effingham County, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-5 record.
East Paulding didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-14 defeat against Lee County on the 22nd. Effingham County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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