Football Preview: North Surry Greyhounds vs. South Caldwell Spartans
The North Surry Greyhounds will venture away from home to take on the South Caldwell Spartans at 7:30 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.
North Surry's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat South Stokes 57-0 on the road. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Sauras are ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, South Caldwell won against West Caldwell last Friday with 46 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. South Caldwell blew past R-S Central, posting a 46-14 win at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Corbin Mcghinnis was a one-man wrecking crew for South Caldwell as he threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Landon Borders, who rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
The victory got North Surry back to even at 1-1. As for South Caldwell, their win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0.
North Surry suffered a grim 48-22 defeat to South Caldwell in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for North Surry, Suan Moore (who rushed for 275 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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