Football Preview: Lower Richland Diamond Hornets vs. Bishop England Battling Bishops
The Lower Richland Diamond Hornets are on the road again on Friday to play the Bishop England Battling Bishops at 7:30 p.m. Lower Richland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.1 points per game this season.
Lower Richland heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Friday. They lost 41-20 to Gilbert. The loss continues a trend for the Diamond Hornets in their matchups with the Indians: they've now lost three in a row.
Despite the defeat, Lower Richland had strong showings from Christian 'Freight Train' Wilson, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, and Jamell Myers, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Myers a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Bishop England had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Thoroughbreds 42-19.
Quinn Mahoney had a dynamite game for Bishop England, throwing for 286 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Zachary Balog was Mahoney's top target, picking up 174 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Bishop England has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Lower Richland, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
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