A feisty cat fight will be fought when the West Charlotte Lions take on the Dudley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with West Charlotte sitting on six straight victories and Dudley on 13.
West Charlotte is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Erwin to the tune of 58-0. Considering the Lions have won nine contests by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
West Charlotte found their leader in sophomore Jamouri Nichols, who threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 35 yards.
Meanwhile, Dudley faced Robinson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Dudley walked away with a 20-7 win over Robinson. The 20-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Koredell Bartley was his usual excellent self, rushing for 105 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 75 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Dudley's defense and their seven sacks. Robinson's QB won't forget Jalile Elliott anytime soon given he sacked him four times. Those four sacks set a new season-high mark for Elliott. Dudley got some further help from Jordyn Ratliff: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
West Charlotte is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.0 points per game. As for Dudley, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-0.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. West Charlotte has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 153.7 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Dudley has preferred to attack from the air: they average 310.1 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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