Football Recap: East Paulding Raiders vs. Paulding County Patriots
A well-balanced attack led East Paulding over Paulding County in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the East Paulding Raiders blew the Paulding County Patriots out of the water with a 34-3 final score. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Patriots are ranked 217th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chantz Bouknight was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 64 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 69 yards. Another player making a difference was Javen Parker, who rushed for 133 yards.
Parker wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: East Paulding was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Paulding County only rushed for 132.
The victory made it two in a row for East Paulding and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Paulding County, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-3.
East Paulding will head out to face off against Hiram at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for Paulding County, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on South Cobb at 7:30 p.m. on September 13th. Paulding County is facing South Cobb at the right time seeing as South Cobb is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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