Football Recap: Cape Fear Piles Up the Points Against Gray's Creek + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2025, 6:30am

Football Recap: Cape Fear Colts vs. Gray's Creek Bears

HOW TO WATCH: This game can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the NC High School Athletic Assn. (NCHSAA) & Gray's Creek High School. Watch Full Replay

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Previous Games

10/17/25 - Away50-20 W
11/01/24 - Home45-0 W
10/27/23 - Away48-14 W
10/28/22 - Home66-20 W
10/29/21 - Away57-27 W
+ 5 more games

Cape Fear came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.8 points), and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 50-20 victory over the Gray's Creek Bears. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Colts just coasted through the last quarter.

Cape Fear's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Geronimo Sanchez led the charge by rushing for 89 yards and one TD on only eight carries, while also throwing for 142 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Landon Underwood was another key receiver, gaining 58 total yards and three touchdowns.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Cape Fear proved: they limited Gray's Creek to a paltry 3.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Aydin Leonard for the heroic effort on defense: he. Cape Fear didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 9.1.

Cape Fear's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Dacori Davis and Leonard, who racked up four sacks between them. Davis is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in each of the last five games he's played.

Cape Fear's record now sits at 6-2. As for Gray's Creek, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5.

Coming up, Cape Fear will look to defend their home field on Friday against Terry Sanford at 7:00 p.m. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 905 yards in their previous games. As for Gray's Creek, they will head out to challenge Purnell Swett at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Bears will be up against the Rams' rather soft defense (which has allowed 35.13 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.

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