The Westwood Redhawks will take on the Sumter Gamecocks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Westwood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points last Friday, they were much more limited against West Florence on Friday. They fell 17-7 to the Knights. The contest marked the Redhawks' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Sumter came tearing into Friday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29 points), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Blazers by a score of 36-29. Sumter's win was all the more impressive since the Blazers were averaging only 14.11 points allowed on the season.
Westwood better focus on containing Franklin Richardson and Cayon Gordon as the pair were huge in Sumter's win. Richardson rushed for 91 yards and four scores, while Gordon rushed for 131 yards and one TD on only 12 carries. Those 131 rushing yards gave Gordon a new career-high.
Sumter's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Westwood, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
Westwood was dealt a bruising 65-28 defeat at the hands of Sumter when the teams last played back in November of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Redhawks were down 37-14.
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