Football Preview: East Chapel Hill Wildcats vs. Northern Durham Knights
On Friday East Chapel Hill will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Northern Durham Knights at 7:00 p.m. East Chapel Hill's defense has only allowed 17.4 points per game this season, so Northern Durham's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, East Chapel Hill finally turned things around against Mount Zion Christian Academy on Friday. They walked away with a 21-14 win over the Mighty Warriors.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northern Durham). Their defense stepped up to hand Triangle Math & Science a 66-0 shutout two weeks ago. The high-scoring effort was just what the Knights needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Eric Mayo and Camden Riley were among the main playmakers for Northern Durham as the former gained 130 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 55 yards. Kamaree Moore also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northern Durham was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 378 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
East Chapel Hill's victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3. As for Northern Durham, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
East Chapel Hill was dealt a bruising 59-0 defeat at the hands of Northern Durham in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for East Chapel Hill, Justice Fisher (who rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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