South County was the 22-18 winner over West Potomac when they last played one another back in November of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The South County Stallions fell just short of the West Potomac Wolverines by a score of 17-14 on Friday. Despite 201 more yards than the Wolverines, the Stallions couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Nicholas Simay and Seif Koroma certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Simay rushed for 128 yards while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, while Koroma gained 154 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Simay a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, South County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
A big part of West Potomac's win came down to the chemistry between Ben Knapp and his top target Darius Childs. Knapp threw for 180 yards and a touchdown while Childs picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown.
South County's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for West Potomac, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
While South County had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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