Football Preview: Enloe Eagles vs. Sanderson Spartans
Enloe is 1-9 against Sanderson since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Enloe Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Sanderson Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Enloe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28 points per game this season.
Enloe will head out to face Sanderson after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Enloe fell to Leesville Road 27-21. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Pride are ranked 38th).
Despite their defeat, Enloe saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Elijah Kirkpatrick, who picked up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns, was perhaps the best of all. Enloe also got a significant boost from Gavin Miles, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Enloe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Leesville Road only rushed for 99.
Meanwhile, Sanderson and Cardinal Gibbons met for a duel on Friday where Sanderson had to take the L. Sanderson was beaten by Cardinal Gibbons 41-7. The Spartans haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
This is the second loss in a row for Enloe and nudges their season record down to 4-3. As for Sanderson, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Enloe suffered a grim 48-24 defeat to Sanderson in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Enloe, Busbee Phillips (who rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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