Football Recap: Blackville-Hilda Fighting Hawks vs. Wagener-Salley War Eagles
Blackville-Hilda waltzed into their matchup on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 50-6 win over the Wagener-Salley War Eagles. With that victory, the Fighting Hawks brought their scoring average up to 27.5 points per game.
Jaquel Holman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 206 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Samari Williams was another key player, rushing for 41 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Blackville-Hilda was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 277 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Blackville-Hilda pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Wagener-Salley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Blackville-Hilda will be playing at home against Calhoun County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Blackville-Hilda is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.5 points per game this season. As for Wagener-Salley, they will square off against Ridge Spring-Monetta at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ridge Spring-Monetta will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Wagener-Salley surely won't give up without a fight.
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