Football Preview: East Rutherford Cavaliers vs. North Surry Greyhounds
The East Rutherford Cavaliers will challenge the North Surry Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. East Rutherford knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully North Surry likes a good challenge.
East Rutherford's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Chase to the tune of 54-0. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Trojans are ranked 332nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brandon Pinkerton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 143 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Flynn, who threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes.
Meanwhile, North Surry unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak two weeks ago. They fell just short of East Surry by a score of 27-24. The Greyhounds gained 51 more yards on the day, but it was the Cardinals that made the best use of them.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Fisher Leftwich, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns. Derrick Simmons also helped out with an impressive 80 receiving yards.
East Rutherford's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.4 points per game. As for North Surry, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-3.
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