Football Preview: Cheraw Wolverines vs. Granada Bobcats
Cheraw is 0-6 against Granada since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cheraw Wolverines will venture away from home to challenge the Granada Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Cheraw took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 55-14 victory over Flagler.
Cheraw's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of William Ledbetter and Samuel Goheen. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cheraw was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Flagler only rushed for 65.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Granada on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Branson/Kim a 32-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bobcats.
Granada's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Fernando Cadena led the charge by rushing for 132 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. Cadena didn't just play on offense: he also made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended two passes. Another back making a difference was Sebastian Pizarro, who rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries.
The win got Cheraw back to even at 1-1. As for Granada, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cheraw was dealt a bruising 56-16 defeat at the hands of Granada when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Granada's Maddox Coleman, who threw for 239 yards and five touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Cheraw knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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