Football Preview: St. Stephens Indians vs. North Lincoln Knights
St. Stephens is 0-3 against North Lincoln since October of 2021 but things could change on Friday. The St. Stephens Indians will be playing at home against the North Lincoln Knights at 7:30 p.m.
St. Stephens is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Hickory on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Stephens was outmatched by Hickory on the road and fell 61-7. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Red Tornadoes are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for North Lincoln, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They put the hurt on North Iredell with a sharp 44-22 victory on Monday. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
This is the second loss in a row for St. Stephens and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for North Lincoln, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
St. Stephens was taken down by North Lincoln 50-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Lincoln's Shannon Wingate, who rushed for 122 yards and five touchdowns on only eight carries. Now that St. Stephens knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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