Football Game Preview: A.L. Brown Wonders vs. Central Cabarrus Vikings

The A.L. Brown Wonders will head out to challenge the Central Cabarrus Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.

A.L. Brown easily dispatched Berry last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Wonders fell just short of Olympic by a score of 24-21 on Friday.

Lemar Grier

Rushing Yards

08/29/25 vs Concord	180
10/03/25 @ Olympic	124
09/19/25 vs Harding University	114
09/26/25 vs Berry	66
08/22/25 vs Porter Ridge	21
+ 1 more games

Despite the defeat, A.L. Brown got top-tier performance from Lemar Grier, who rushed for 124 yards and three scores. Grier is becoming a predictor of the Wonders' success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).

Meanwhile, Central Cabarrus started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Cox Mill. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 17-14 on Friday. The Vikings have struggled against the Chargers recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.

A.L. Brown will have to contain Damonte James as he made an impact in Central Cabarrus' last game. He rushed for 152 yards and one TD while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also picked up 31 receiving yards. James is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 102 every time he's taken the field this season.

The loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 2-4. As for A.L. Brown, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-3.

A.L. Brown barely slipped by Central Cabarrus when the teams last played back in March of 2021, winning 30-29. Will the Wonders repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.