The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the St. Stephens Indians (Hickory, NC) and the visiting Bandys Trojans (Catawba, NC), observed St. Stephens's football squad defeat Bandys by a count of 42-16.

The Indians now own a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Bunker Hill for a non-league contest on Thursday, August 24. St. Stephens will encounter a Bears squad coming off a 28-14 non-league loss to Freedom (Morganton, NC). The Bears record now stands at 0-1.

The Trojans (0-1) will now prepare for their bout against Foard (Newton, NC). The Tigers enter the non-league bout with a 1-0 record. In their last bout, Foard thwarted Maiden (Maiden, NC), 8-0, in a non-league bout.