Football Preview: Croatan Cougars vs. Richlands Wildcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars dukes it out withthe Richlands Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Croatan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.3 points per game this season.
Croatan is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points back in September, they were much more limited against White Oak on Friday. They came up short against the Vikings, falling 27-7. The loss continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now lost six in a row.
Croatan wouldn't let White Oak keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Croatan can thank Riley Robinson and Everett Fitzsimmons for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Richlands put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Swansboro 42-0 on the road. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 150th, while the Pirates are ranked 336th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Croatan's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-2. As for Richlands, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Croatan couldn't quite finish off Richlands in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 26-24. Can Croatan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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