The Baptist Hill Bobcats will head out to take on the Bamberg-Ehrhardt Red Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Baptist Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.5 points per game this season.
Baptist Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Latta onto the board and left with a 16-0 victory.
A big part of Baptist Hill's win came down to the chemistry between Johnquez Henderson and his top target Ki'Lyn Gordon. Henderson threw for 117 yards and a touchdown on only six passes while Gordon rushed for 93 yards on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Gordon a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Baptist Hill's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Tay'Von Mann-Geddis and Kevin Smalls,Jr, who racked up four sacks between them. Mann-Geddis is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least nine every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bamberg-Ehrhardt). They claimed a resounding 65-0 victory over Bethune-Bowman. Winning may never get old, but the Red Raiders sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Bamberg-Ehrhardt's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Baptist Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
Baptist Hill was taken down by Bamberg-Ehrhardt 33-6 when the teams last played back in November of 2021. Can Baptist Hill avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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