Mays and Creekside are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Mays Raiders will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Creekside Seminoles at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Mays earned a 13-3 victory over Pace Academy. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Knights are ranked 216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mays' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Clayton Coppock, who picked up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown. Coppock was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 66 yards. Mays also got a significant boost from Kamari Johnson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 118 yards.
Mays' defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. The heavy lifting was done by Malik Glass and Lamaquios Sandifer who racked up five sacks between them. Glass also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Mays got some further help from Jaylen White: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Creekside got themselves on the board against Forest Park on Thursday, but Forest Park never followed suit. They breezed by the Panthers on the road to the tune of 65-0. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Seminoles had established a 49 point advantage.
Corey Mims went supernova for Creekside, rushing for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Cayden Benson was another key player, throwing for 98 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Mays' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Creekside, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Mays and Creekside were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but Mays suffered an agonizing 21-20 loss. Thankfully for Mays, Roderick Mccrary (who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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