The Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs (Raleigh, NC) football got by the host Wake Forest Cougars (Wake Forest, NC), 26-21 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs face the Willow Spring Storm (Fuquay-Varina, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, September 19. Southeast Raleigh will attempt to improve on its 3-0 season record. The Storm go into the challenge with a 3-0 record after their 28-14 non-league win over Apex Friendship (Apex, NC).

The Cougars (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability (Durham, NC). The Spartans go into the non-league challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability was edged by Williams (Burlington, NC), 34-0, in a non-league challenge.