Football Preview: Smithfield-Selma Spartans vs. West Johnston Wildcats
The Smithfield-Selma Spartans are taking a road trip to face off against the West Johnston Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Smithfield-Selma is looking for their season's first win.
Smithfield-Selma's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Fike on Friday. They were beaten by the Demons 37-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 338th, while the Demons are ranked 133rd).
Meanwhile, West Johnston's game on Friday was all tied up 14-14 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They strolled past East Wake with points to spare, taking the game 28-14. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
One reason for the win was West Johnston's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Kaden Trotter and Cooper Smith, who racked up six sacks between them. Trotter 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. West Johnston got some further help from Nick Avery: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Smithfield-Selma's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for West Johnston, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Smithfield-Selma suffered a grim 27-6 defeat to West Johnston when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Smithfield-Selma avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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