The Pinecrest Patriots (Southern Pines, NC) football defeated the host Scotland Fighting Scots (Laurinburg, NC), 48-37 in Thursday's non-league contest.

The Patriots (5-0) will now prepare for their contest against Jack Britt (Fayetteville, NC). The Buccaneers enter the non-league contest with a 2-2 record. In their last contest, Jack Britt was toppled by Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC), 30-0, in a non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Fighting Scots battle the Gray's Creek Bears (Hope Mills, NC) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, October 2. Scotland will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record. The Bears enter the contest with a 0-5 record after their 26-22 non-league loss to E.E. Smith (Fayetteville, NC).