Football Recap: Nash Central Drops Season-High Score on Roanoke Rapids + How To Watch

Bulldogs

Team Score (Highest)

10/10/25 @ Roanoke Rapids	47
10/03/25 vs Louisburg	15
09/12/25 vs Southern Nash	15
09/19/25 vs Warren County	8
08/28/25 @ Northern Nash	7

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nash Central). They were the clear victors by a 47-21 margin over the Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Yellowjackets: they've now won six in a row.

Taliek Morris was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 116 yards and four scores on only 14 carries. Another rusher making a difference was ZaQuez Britt, who rushed for 104 yards and one touchdown on only seven carries.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Nash Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 73.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 185.3.

Nash Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Britt and Elijah Dunn.

Although Roanoke Rapids took the loss, they still got scores from Bobby Hawkins Jr, Joe Huss, and Quentez Richardson.

Nash Central's victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Roanoke Rapids, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Nash Central will challenge rival Bunn at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,052 yards in their previous games. Meanwhile, Roanoke Rapids is set to square off against their familiar foe Louisburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.