Two dominant backs in Darius Latimer and Jaylen McGill are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Crescent Tigers will face off against the Mountain View Prep Stars on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Crescent comes in on five and Mountain View Prep on 11.
Crescent is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Christ Church Episcopal 45-6. 45 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Mountain View Prep won against Carolina Academy last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Everything went Mountain View Prep's way against Walhalla as Mountain View Prep made off with a 42-19 win. Given the Stars' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Razorbacks are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crescent has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.0 points per game. As for Mountain View Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
Crescent was dealt a bruising 48-21 loss at the hands of Mountain View Prep in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McGill, who rushed for 233 yards while picking up 13.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 65 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Now that Crescent 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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