Football Recap: Hillside Hornets vs. Northern Durham Knights
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hillside). They claimed a resounding 60-13 win over the Northern Durham Knights at home. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Knights are ranked 355th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ameil Braswell and he. Braswell rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns while he rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hillside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 406 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Although Northern Durham took the loss, they still got scores from Eric Mayo and Damien Bostic.
The victory made it two in a row for Hillside and bumps their season record up to 3-4. As for Northern Durham, their loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Hillside didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 7-0 win against East Chapel Hill on the 18th. Northern Durham has also already played their next match, a 49-0 defeat against Chapel Hill on the 18th.
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