Football Recap: R-S Central Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact R-S Central can now relate to. They lost 43-19 to the Hibriten Panthers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hilltoppers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 269th, while the Panthers are ranked 108th).

Although R-S Central took the loss, they still got scores from CJ Sparks, Elijah Guzman, and Hezekiah Joiner.

Leading Hibriten to victory were Elan Lipford and Dk Mitchell. Lipford threw for 213 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 76.9% of his passes, while Mitchell rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns. Mitchell is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in each of the last seven games he's played. Dexter Mosley was another key player, picking up 105 receiving yards and one score.

R-S Central's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Hibriten, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.

R-S Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hibriten, they will host Stuart W. Cramer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 942 yards in their previous games.