High school football: 106-83 North Carolina shootout ends early after lights go out
By Aaron Williams
Oct 6, 2023, 11:30pm
Teams combined for 69 points in the first quarter alone, setting stage for highest-scoring game in NCHSAA history.
Pender (Burgaw) and
Hobbton (Newton Grove) combined to score 189 points Friday, setting the record for most points in a North Carolina high school football game. And they didn't even get to finish.
The Patriots beat Hobbton 106-83 in a game that ended with just over a minute remaining in regulation after the lights in Penders' stadium shut off,
according to the Wilmington Star-News.
"I'm pretty tired," Pender coach Tom Eanes told the paper after the high-scoring affair. "It was a heck of a ball game, I don't know if we could tackle anybody."
Junior running backs
Jassiah Hill and
Jeremiah Johnson scored a combined 11 touchdowns for the Patriots. They entered Friday's game with 10 touchdowns between them.
Junior running back Jeremiah Johnson was among the Pender players finding the end zone often Friday night in the highest scoring game in North Carolina high school football history. (File photo: John Ball)
Pender held a 54-49 halftime edge.
For Hobbton,
Cole Weeks tossed six touchdown passes, according to MaxPreps Live Scoring, while
Steven Aguilar rushed for four scores.
This wasn't the first time Pender (4-3) put up video-game numbers this season as the Patriots handed Lejeune (Camp Lejeune) an 88-34 loss in the opener. They were on the wrong side of a wild one last week in a 65-36 loss to East Bladen (Elizabethtown).
Hobbton (3-4) also has shown the ability to score in bunches with a 64-14 win in September over Spring Creek (Seven Springs).
