The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Mount Airy Bears (Mount Airy, NC) and the visiting Watauga Pioneers (Boone, NC), witnessed Mount Airy's football squad edge Watauga by a tally of 35-34.

The Bears (2-1) will now prepare for their contest against Jefferson Forest (Forest, VA). The Cavaliers enter the non-league contest with a 2-0 record. In their last contest, Jefferson Forest got by Staunton River (Moneta, VA), 49-0, in a non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Pioneers battle the Erwin Warriors (Asheville, NC) in a non-league contest, on Friday, September 18. Watauga will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record.