Football Preview: Southwest Guilford Cowboys vs. Southeast Guilford Falcons
The Southwest Guilford Cowboys will face off against the Southeast Guilford Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Southwest Guilford is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Southwest Guilford's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Northern Guilford on Friday. They took a blow against the Nighthawks, falling 63-0. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 35th).
Southeast Guilford never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Ragsdale last Friday. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by the Tigers 36-35.
Southeast Guilford had a senior duo take command as Alexander Marsh rushed for 117 yards while picking up 7.3 yards per carry and Teriq Mclaughlin rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Marsh a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southeast Guilford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Southwest Guilford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Southeast Guilford, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Southwest Guilford didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Southeast Guilford in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 26-20 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwest Guilford since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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