Football Preview: East Forsyth Eagles vs. Mooresville Blue Devils
East Forsyth has won seven straight games at home, while Mooresville has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The East Forsyth Eagles will host the Mooresville Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in East Forsyth's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
East Forsyth is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to West Forsyth for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-19 victory. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by 35 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Bryce Baker and Riley Horton. Baker had a great game and threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Meanwhile, Horton was balling out in the loss, rushing for 79 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, while also throwing for 205 yards and a touchdown.
East Forsyth's defense made their presence known, laying out Horton. four times. In that department, Ke'Moir Pouncey was the leader with two sacks.
Meanwhile, Mooresville's game on Friday was all tied up 10-10 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They enjoyed a cozy 27-10 win over Northwest Guilford.
Mooresville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ja'Darius Mccombs, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Mccombs a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mooresville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Mooresville's victory bumped their record up to 11-1. As for East Forsyth, their win bumped their record up to 12-0.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. East Forsyth has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 292.7 passing yards per game. Mooresville, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 199.8 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for East Forsyth against Mooresville in their previous matchup back in November of 2017, as the squad secured a 35-6 victory. In that contest, East Forsyth amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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