The Woodmont Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Greenwood Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Woodmont is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Woodmont is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against T.L. Hanna on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Woodmont was outmatched by T.L. Hanna at home and fell 49-21. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 13th).
Despite the loss, Woodmont got top-tier performance from Ezekiel Belcher, who rushed for 224 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry. Belcher's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 118 rushing yards dating back to last season. Woodmont also got a significant boost from Tj Williams, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 92 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Woodmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Greenwood never got on the board in their matchup back in September, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Greenville last Saturday. They took down the Red Raiders 34-20.
Woodmont's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Greenwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-1-1 record this season.
Woodmont took their victory against Greenwood in their previous meeting back in September of 2019 by a conclusive 27-7. Will Woodmont repeat their success, or does Greenwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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