Pleasant Plains is 1-8 against Williamsville since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pleasant Plains Cardinals will square off against the Williamsville Bullets at 7:00 p.m.
Pleasant Plains is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Olympia on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pleasant Plains was outmatched by Olympia on the road and fell 51-14. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Pleasant Plains took the loss, they still got scores from Grady Grisham and Jon Abraham.
Meanwhile, Williamsville came tearing into Friday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 28-21 victory over the Trojans. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Bullets were the better team in the second half.
Braddock Cates was his usual excellent self, rushing for 197 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.0 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 125 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Gage Paul, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Williamsville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Williamsville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Farris and Griffin Liles.
Pleasant Plains' loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Williamsville, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Pleasant Plains took a serious blow against Williamsville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 55-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cates, who rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 45 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Pleasant Plains knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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