The Pinewood Prep Panthers will face off against the Wilson Hall Barons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pinewood Prep comes in on three and Wilson Hall on six.
Pinewood Prep will bounce into Friday's game after beating Hilton Head Christian Academy, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Pinewood Prep breezed by Hilton Head Christian Academy on the road to the tune of 60-20 on Friday. Considering the Panthers have won three matchups by more than 39 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Asa Windham and Reid Mccollum. Windham had a great game and threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes. Meanwhile, Mccollum was balling out in the loss, throwing for 275 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Wilson Hall slipped by Florence Christian 15-14 on Friday. The 15-point effort marked the Barons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Wilson Hall's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Milling Galloway led the charge by rushing for 139 yards while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Galloway a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Ford Wilder, who rushed for 18 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Wilson Hall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 247 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 234 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Pinewood Prep's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Wilson Hall, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Pinewood Prep barely slipped by Wilson Hall when the teams last played back in September of 2021, winning 20-19. Will Pinewood Prep repeat their success, or does Wilson Hall have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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