The Cedar Creek Pirates and the Ocean City Raiders are set to duel on Friday. Cedar Creek will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Cedar Creek didn't have too much trouble with Timber Creek Regional at home as they won 23-7.
Aamir Dunbar was his usual excellent self, rushing for 190 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 130 rushing yards dating back to last season. Darius Benjamin also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
Cedar Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Cedar Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jahmir Campfield and Justus Peyton. Another thorn in Timber Creek Regional's side was Mandel Pettiford Jr., who picked up 1.5 sacks and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Ocean City didn't have quite enough to beat Holy Spirit on Friday and fell 15-13.
Cedar Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Ocean City, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
Cedar Creek beat Ocean City 33-25 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Ocean City's Duke Guenther, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Cedar Creek to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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