Football Game Preview: Laney Buccaneers vs. South Brunswick Cougars

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 2:19am

Football Preview: Laney Buccaneers vs. South Brunswick Cougars

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Laney is 8-2 against South Brunswick since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Laney Buccaneers will host the South Brunswick Cougars at 7:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Laney's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while South Brunswick has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.

Last Saturday, Laney was beaten by Hoggard 48-14. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Vikings are ranked 17th).

Although Laney took the loss, they still got scores from Ellis Williams and Joquin Dingle.

Meanwhile, South Brunswick lost to North Brunswick on the road by a 31-16 margin on Monday. The Cougars were down 31-3 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Laney now has a losing record at 2-3. As for South Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.

Everything came up roses for Laney against South Brunswick in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 52-0 victory. Will Laney repeat their success, or does South Brunswick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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