Football Recap: Zamarri Sweatman Leads North Surry to Victory over Wilkes Central

By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 8:28am

Football Recap: North Surry Greyhounds vs. Wilkes Central Eagles

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You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely North Surry's strategy against Wilkes Central on Friday. The North Surry Greyhounds put the hurt on the Wilkes Central Eagles with a sharp 47-21 win. Considering the Greyhounds have won three contests by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Zamarri Sweatman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 327 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Fisher Leftwich was another key player, picking up 134 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Surry was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.

North Surry pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Wilkes Central, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.

North Surry will take on Forbush at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Wilkes Central, they will square off against North Wilkes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wilkes Central is facing North Wilkes at the right time seeing as North Wilkes is stuck on a four-game losing streak.

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