West Carteret is 7-2 against Croatan since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The West Carteret Patriots will welcome the Croatan Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
West Carteret and Swansboro met for a duel on Friday where West Carteret prevailed. West Carteret was the clear victor by a 47-21 margin over Swansboro. With the Patriots ahead 27-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Croatan over Dixon in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Croatan blew Dixon out of the water with a 51-22 final score. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 29 points or more this season.
Andrew Boucher and Coleman Davis were among the main playmakers for Croatan as the former gained 189 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Boucher a new career-high in rushing yards (146).
Croatan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
West Carteret now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Croatan, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
West Carteret was able to grind out a solid win over Croatan in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 30-19. Does West Carteret have another victory up their sleeve, or will Croatan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
