Football Preview: Lake Norman Charter Knights vs. North Stanly Comets
The Lake Norman Charter Knights have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the North Stanly Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Norman Charter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.6 points per game this season.
Lake Norman Charter's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat SouthLake Christian Academy 50-0 at home. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
David Wignot was his usual excellent self, throwing for 139 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 55 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making four total tackles and defending a pass. Major Leak was Wignot's top target, picking up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, North Stanly didn't have too much trouble with Union Academy at home on Friday as they won 21-7.
The critical scores for North Stanly came from Jaden Little, Juice Lilly, and Justice Grambling.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to North Stanly's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Aden Allsbrook and Jarrett Martin, who racked up six sacks between them.
Lake Norman Charter's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for North Stanly, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Lake Norman Charter was dealt a bruising 57-20 loss at the hands of North Stanly in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Lake Norman Charter, Chance Blake (who threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 32 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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