The matchup between West Carteret and Richlands on Friday hardly resembled the 12-10 effort from their previous meeting. The West Carteret Patriots took a blow against the Richlands Wildcats, falling 61-27. The Patriots were down 55-21 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Although West Carteret took the loss, they still got scores from Tanner Payne, Jasiah Jones, Dallas Riggan, and Jay Murray.
Richlands was led to victory by Noah Leblanc and Caleb Simco. Leblanc rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while Simco threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Those 152 rushing yards gave Leblanc a new career-high. Tyler Clouatre was Simco's top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
West Carteret has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-4 record this season. As for Richlands, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.
West Carteret and Swansboro are set to duel on Friday. West Carteret is facing Swansboro at the right time seeing as Swansboro is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Richlands, they will square off against White Oak at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Richlands is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), White Oak a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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