The Princeton Bulldogs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Eastern Wayne Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, Princeton made easy work of Clinton and carried off a 42-20 win.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Austin Lewallen and he. Lewallen rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns while he rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Teo Mcphatter is also crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 352 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastern Wayne). They breezed by Washington County at home to the tune of 48-0 last Friday. Eastern Wayne's victory was all the more impressive since the Panthers were averaging only 17 points allowed on the season.
Izeiah Oates went supernova for Eastern Wayne, throwing for 160 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Oates also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making seven total tackles and defending a pass. Rahkeem Faison also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
Princeton's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Eastern Wayne, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Princeton was taken down by Eastern Wayne 52-15 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oates, who threw for 375 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 36 yards. Now that Princeton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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