The Villa Rica Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the East Paulding Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Villa Rica took a loss when they played away from home on October 11th, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 45-18 win over Kennesaw Mountain. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, East Paulding had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Spartans 31-28. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Spartans are ranked 261st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Paulding had a senior duo take command as Javen Parker rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown and Chantz Bouknight threw for 146 yards and a touchdown. Parker's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 115 rushing yards.
Villa Rica now has a winning record of 5-4. As for East Paulding, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Villa Rica came up short against East Paulding when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 21-13. Can Villa Rica avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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