North Carolina High School Football - Byrd gets by Hoke County
(October 19, 2007: Fayetteville, NC 28304) The crowd at Friday's league contest between the
Byrd Eagles (Fayetteville, NC) and the visiting
Hoke County Bucks (Raeford, NC), observed
Byrd's football squad edge
Hoke County by a count of
28-27.
The Eagles now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to
Britt for a
Mid-Southeastern contest on Friday, October 26.
Byrd will play a Buccaneers squad coming off a
41-0 league win over
Pinecrest (Southern Pines, NC). The Buccaneers record now stands at 7-2.
Coming up next, the Bucks play the
Scotland Fighting Scots (Laurinburg, NC) in a
Mid-Southeastern contest, on Friday, October 26.
Hoke County will attempt to upgrade on its 3-6 season record. The Fighting Scots go into the contest with a 8-1 record after their
30-27 league loss to
Richmond (Rockingham, NC).