Richlands won against Swansboro last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. The Richlands Wildcats breezed by the Croatan Cougars at home to the tune of 42-14. The Wildcats' victory was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Caleb Simco continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 230 yards on only nine carries, while also throwing for 117 yards on eight of 15 attempts. Those 230 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Richlands' defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. Croatan's QB won't forget Semaj Thompson anytime soon given he sacked him five times. Thompson also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Richlands was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Although Croatan took the loss, they still got scores from Andrew Boucher and Coleman Davis.
Richlands pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Croatan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3.
Richlands will head out to face off against West Carteret at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Richlands' favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four contests. As for Croatan, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Swansboro at 7:00 p.m. Croatan is facing Swansboro at the right time seeing as Swansboro is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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