Two dominant backs in Brilison Mccullers and Devon Thomas are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Millbrook Wildcats will take on the Rolesville Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Millbrook comes in on six and Rolesville on four.
Millbrook's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Heritage 45-0 at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Huskies are ranked 184th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Austin Battle was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns.
Millbrook didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Nessiah Mcarthur, Jarvis Tripp, and Richard Jackson picked up one apiece. Jackson is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Rashad Streets was another major factor on D, picking up three sacks and making five total tackles.
Meanwhile, Rolesville humbled Wakefield with a 58-7 victory. The Rams pushed the score to 58-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wolverines cut but never quite recovered from.
Rolesville got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Thomas out in front who rushed for 57 yards and two touchdowns. Jaedon Alford was in the mix as well, providing Rolesville with two touchdowns.
Millbrook's record now sits at 6-0. As for Rolesville, their record now sits at 5-1.
Millbrook suffered a grim 53-30 defeat to Rolesville when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thomas, who rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Millbrook knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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