Football Game Preview: South Caldwell on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 3, 2024, 2:11am

Football Preview: South Caldwell Spartans vs. North Surry Greyhounds

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The South Caldwell Spartans will take on the North Surry Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

If South Caldwell beats North Surry with 46 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. South Caldwell simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat R-S Central 46-14 at home. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by exactly 32 points.

Corbin Mcghinnis went supernova for South Caldwell, throwing for 212 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 43 yards and a touchdown. Landon Borders was another key player, rushing for 57 yards and three touchdowns.

Meanwhile, while North Surry put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for South Stokes. North Surry breezed by South Stokes on the road to the tune of 57-0. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Sauras are ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

South Caldwell's victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for North Surry, they pushed their record up to 1-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.

South Caldwell took their victory against North Surry in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 48-22. Will South Caldwell repeat their success, or does North Surry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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