The Battery Creek Dolphins will challenge the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Battery Creek has given up an average of 28.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Battery Creek's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Oceanside Collegiate Academy on Friday. They were dealt a 45-0 loss at the hands of the Landsharks. While losing is never fun, the Dolphins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Landsharks are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, Orangeburg-Wilkinson put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat North Charleston 35-2. Considering the Bruins have won five contests by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Battery Creek better focus on containing Brenden Peoples and Derrick Thomas as the pair were huge in Orangeburg-Wilkinson's win. Peoples threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes, while Thomas gained 175 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Thomas a new career-high in rushing yards (130). Desi Miller was Peoples' top target, picking up 55 receiving yards and one score, while also rushing for 45 yards.
Orangeburg-Wilkinson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Charleston only rushed for 108.
Orangeburg-Wilkinson's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Battery Creek, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Battery Creek was taken down by Orangeburg-Wilkinson 46-13 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Bruins' Jordan Avinger, who rushed for 165 yards and a pair of TDs on only eight carries. Now that the Dolphins know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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