Football Preview: North Stanly Comets vs. Union Academy Cardinals
North Stanly is 6-0 against Union Academy since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Stanly Comets will welcome the Union Academy Cardinals at 7:30 p.m.
On Monday, North Stanly came up short against Forest Hills and fell 30-21. The Comets were down 27-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Union Academy came tearing into last Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 14-7. The 14-point effort marked the Cardinals' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Union Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Union Academy's defense and their five sacks. Trinity's QB won't forget Breshen Bennett anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
North Stanly's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Union Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Everything came up roses for North Stanly against Union Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 38-0 win. Does North Stanly have another victory up their sleeve, or will Union Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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