Columbia is 0-3 against Batesburg-Leesville since November of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Columbia Capitals will challenge the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Columbia's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Fairfield Central two weeks ago. They were beaten by the Griffins 48-0. While losing is never fun, the Capitals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 196th, while the Griffins are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Batesburg-Leesville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Strom Thurmond 8-7. The eight-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Amadre Wooden was the offensive standout of the match as he rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown.
Batesburg-Leesville wouldn't let Strom Thurmond keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Batesburg-Leesville can thank John Sawyer and Ja?Quan Corley for forcing both of them. Batesburg-Leesville got some further help from Travis Gates: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Batesburg-Leesville's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Columbia, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Columbia might still be hurting after the 33-8 defeat they got from Batesburg-Leesville in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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