Football Game Preview: Seventy-First Falcons vs. Rocky Mount Gryphons

By Team Reports Nov 19, 2024, 5:17am

Football Preview: Seventy-First Falcons vs. Rocky Mount Gryphons

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Seventy-First is on a 16-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Rocky Mount is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Seventy-First Falcons will welcome the Rocky Mount Gryphons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Seventy-First's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four contests.

Seventy-First is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Croatan by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 49-0. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Rocky Mount didn't have too much trouble with Richlands on Friday as they won 24-7.

Rocky Mount wouldn't let Richlands keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rocky Mount can thank Jack Mckellar and Micahis Lee Jones for forcing both of them. Mckellar is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last seven games he's played.

Rocky Mount is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.6 points per game. As for Seventy-First, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.

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