Football Preview: South Caldwell Spartans vs. Bandys Trojans
The South Caldwell Spartans will stay at home for another week and welcome the Bandys Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
South Caldwell is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 46 points last Friday, they were much more limited against North Surry on Friday. They were beaten by the Greyhounds 37-6. The loss was the Spartans' first of the season.
Meanwhile, everything went Bandys' way against Foard last Friday as Bandys made off with a 38-12 win. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Tigers are ranked 280th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bandys to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brady Swett, who threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown. That's the most total yards Swett has posted since back in September of 2023. Kayden Henrickson was Swett's top target, picking up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, South Caldwell fell to 2-1. As for Bandys, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
South Caldwell was dealt a bruising 45-14 defeat at the hands of Bandys when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Swett, who threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that South Caldwell knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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