The Carlinville Cavaliers are taking a road trip to challenge the Williamsville Bullets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Carlinville humbled Gillespie with a 40-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cavaliers.
Nate Dyer was a one-man wrecking crew for Carlinville as he rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Dyer a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Carlinville's defense and their seven sacks. Sawyer Smith was especially locked on to Gillespie's QB and sacked him three times. Smith also sacked three sacks, which is notable because Carlinville is undefeated when he posts at least one sack, but 2-4 otherwise.
Carlinville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Williamsville came tearing into Friday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Cardinals to the tune of 56-14. Given the Bullets' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Cardinals are ranked 392nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Braddock Cates, who rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 125 rushing yards in the fifth games prior. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Johnson, who gained 126 total yards and a touchdown.
Carlinville now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Williamsville, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Carlinville took a serious blow against Williamsville when the teams last played back in October of 2022, falling 48-20. Can Carlinville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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