The Homewood Patriots will face off against the Woodlawn Colonels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Homewood has three straight victories, Woodlawn has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Homewood is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Mortimer Jordan: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Homewood blew Mortimer Jordan out of the water with a 49-21 final score. Fans of the Patriots have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Will Myers and his top target Tomon Felton. Myers threw for 340 yards and five touchdowns on only 19 passes while Felton picked up 161 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylen Newell, who picked up 130 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Homewood was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 464 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mortimer Jordan only gained 277.
Homewood wouldn't let Mortimer Jordan keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Homewood can thank Henry Templeton and Eric Davidson for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Woodlawn came up short against Minor on Thursday, falling 48-27.
Despite the defeat, Woodlawn had strong showings from Andre Russell, who threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns, and Kharon Lewis, who picked up 163 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Lewis is now averaging an impressive 114 receiving yards per game.
Homewood's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Woodlawn, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Homewood has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 161 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Woodlawn has preferred to attack from the air: they average 267.3 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Homewood against Woodlawn in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 as the squad secured a 49-14 win. Does Homewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Woodlawn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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