The Boone Braves will head out on the road to face off against the Edgewater Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boone's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Freedom 68-0. The matchup marked the Braves' most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Edgewater last Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Dr. Phillips out of the water with a 45-18 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 38-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
Edgewater's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Josh Perry led the charge by rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Perry a new career-high in rushing yards. Another passer making a difference was Carter Emanuel, who threw for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes.
The win (which was Boone's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. As for Edgewater, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Boone took a serious blow against Edgewater when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 42-14. Thankfully for Boone, Kaden Shields-Dutton (who rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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