Two dominant signal callers in Tucker Perkins and Chantz Bouknight are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Effingham County Rebels and the East Paulding Raiders will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Effingham County comes in on three and East Paulding on six.
Effingham County will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 22-point they dealt Statesboro last Friday. Effingham County put the hurt on Statesboro with a sharp 28-6 win. The Rebels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 21 points or more this season.
A big part of Effingham County's victory came down to the chemistry between Perkins and his top target Lamar Roberts. Perkins threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes while Roberts picked up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Effingham County is undefeated when Roberts posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
Effingham County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, East Paulding beat Villa Rica 21-10 last Friday.
Bouknight continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 56 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 165 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Effingham County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25 points. As for East Paulding, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
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