Football Preview: South Iredell Vikings vs. Lake Norman Wildcats
The South Iredell Vikings will challenge the Lake Norman Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
South Iredell will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up nine points last Friday, then bounced right back against A.L. Brown on Friday. South Iredell was the clear victor by a 38-17 margin over A.L. Brown. The Vikings pushed the score to 38-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wonders cut but never quite recovered from.
Tyler Johnson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 143 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 60 yards on only seven carries. He is becoming a predictor of South Iredell's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Landon Mcclain was in the mix too, providing South Iredell with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, everything went Lake Norman's way against Cox Mill on Friday as Lake Norman made off with a 35-10 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Chargers are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jayden Nordtveit and he. Nordtveit rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown while he rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Mozes Morris a new career-high in rushing yards.
South Iredell has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Lake Norman, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
South Iredell lost to Lake Norman on the road by a decisive 24-10 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can South Iredell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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