The Bunn Wildcats will square off against the Wake Prep Academy Guardians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wake Prep Academy better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if Bunn's game on Friday is any indication, that's when Bunn really gets things going. The Wildcats blew past American Leadership Academy-Johnston 41-15. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their six-point performance the game before.
Bunn's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tyler Perry led the charge by rushing for 118 yards and one TD on only five carries. Perry really tore up the turf during one magnificent 83-yard run. Another receiver making a difference was Dj Smith, who picked up 137 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Bunn was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Wake Prep Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Yellowjackets by a score of 27-14. The Guardians pushed the score to 27-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yellowjackets cut but never quite recovered from.
Wake Prep Academy's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Bunn, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-2.
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