Football Preview: Mountain Island Charter Raptors vs. North Iredell Raiders
The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will challenge the North Iredell Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Mountain Island Charter is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 55 points back in August, they were much more limited against SouthLake Christian Academy on Friday. They fell 21-10 to the Eagles.
Despite the defeat, Mountain Island Charter had strong showings from Aamir Gilcreast, who rushed for 116 yards on only 14 carries, and Grayson Harvey, who threw for 200 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Gilcreast has posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, North Iredell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They took a 28-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of Alexander Central. The match was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Raiders couldn't quite close it out.
North Iredell might have lost, but man, KALEB SALES was a machine: he rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 152 yards on ten of 15 attempts. PETE JACKSON was another key player, rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown.
Mountain Island Charter's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for North Iredell, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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