Football Preview: Owings Mills Golden Eagles vs. Eastern Tech Mavericks
The Owings Mills Golden Eagles will take on the Eastern Tech Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Owings Mills has six straight wins, Eastern Tech has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Owings Mills is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 42-0 victory over Dulaney on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Golden Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Rashad Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes. Another player making a difference was Nevaeh Elliott, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Owings Mills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, a win for Eastern Tech just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Overlea at home and fell 46-6. The Mavericks were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Owings Mills' victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Eastern Tech, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything came up roses for Owings Mills against Eastern Tech in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 45-0 win. Will Owings Mills repeat their success, or does Eastern Tech have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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