West Deptford entered their game against Paulsboro on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The West Deptford Eagles took an 18-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Paulsboro Red Raiders. Having soared to a lofty 58 points in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
When it comes to explaining why West Deptford lost, don't look at Zamir Davis. Despite the final result, he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Davis a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, West Deptford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
The critical scores for Paulsboro came from Malakhai Mckenzie, Jeremiah Carr, and Dae'John Williams.
West Deptford's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4. As for Paulsboro, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
West Deptford has the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Overbrook at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Deptford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season. As for Paulsboro, they will square off against Clayton at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Clayton's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four contests.
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