The Blythewood Bengals are taking a road trip to challenge the Sumter Gamecocks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blythewood's defense has only allowed 12.1 points per game this season, so Sumter's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Blythewood will head out to face Sumter after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Blythewood took a 19-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Florence. It was the first time this season that the Bengals let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, Sumter put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by West Florence on the road to the tune of 63-25. With the Gamecocks ahead 49-19 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Sumter relied on the efforts of Franklin Richardson, who rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Kameron Fortune, who rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. Richardson's longest rush was for an impressive 65 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of John Peeples, who rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns.
Blythewood's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2. As for Sumter, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Blythewood might still be hurting after the 28-7 loss they got from Sumter in their previous matchup back in October of 2019. Can Blythewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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