East Paulding has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Villa Rica Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
East Paulding will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 45) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 31-28 victory over South Paulding. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Spartans are ranked 261st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Javen Parker and Albert Mccoy. Parker had a great game and rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Mccoy was balling out in the loss, rushing for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Villa Rica blew past Kennesaw Mountain, posting a 45-18 win. Considering the Wildcats have won five matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
East Paulding's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Villa Rica, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
East Paulding beat Villa Rica 21-13 in their previous matchup back in November of 2019. Will East Paulding repeat their success, or does Villa Rica have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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