Football Preview: West Craven Eagles vs. Northeastern Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in DJ Davis and Trevaris Jones are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The West Craven Eagles will face off against the Northeastern Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
West Craven is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down East Duplin 36-20. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
A big part of West Craven's win came down to the chemistry between Davis and his top target Jimmie West Lll. Davis threw for 143 yards and three touchdowns while West Lll picked up 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns. West Craven is 5-2 when West Lll posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise. Reginald Lancaster was in the mix too, providing West Craven with two touchdowns.
West Craven didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Lancaster and Kadyn Seamster.
Meanwhile, Northeastern put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Greene Central 50-6. Considering the Eagles have won 11 matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Northeastern's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jones led the charge by throwing for 148 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Ty'Jae Simpson was another key receiver, gaining 86 total yards and a touchdown.
Northeastern's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. Carren Armstrong was especially locked on to Greene Central's QB and sacked him twice. Armstrong is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Northeastern got some further help from Maurice Bowser: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
West Craven's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-6. As for Northeastern, their win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-0.
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