Football Preview: East Carteret Mariners vs. Northside - Pinetown Panthers
The East Carteret Mariners will challenge the Northside - Pinetown Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Carteret will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
East Carteret is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 46-32 win over Lejeune on Friday. That's two games straight that the Mariners have won by exactly 14 points.
Meanwhile, Northside - Pinetown had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They secured a 41-35 W over the Hurricanes. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Panthers were down 15-0 in the fourth quarter.
It was another big night for Sincere Columbus, who rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 79-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Malachi Moore, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Northside - Pinetown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
East Carteret's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Northside - Pinetown, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
East Carteret was taken down by Northside - Pinetown 31-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will East Carteret have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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