Forestview is 9-1 against North Gaston since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Forestview Jaguars will be playing at home against the North Gaston Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Forestview is out to stop a six-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Forestview came up short against East Lincoln on Thursday, falling 52-26. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 65th).
Forestview might have lost, but man, Tristan Holt was a machine: he rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Holt a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, on ThursdayCherryville kept up with North Gaston until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. North Gaston breezed by Cherryville on the road to the tune of 35-2.
The critical scores for North Gaston came from Donnavyn Thorne, Keshad Wright, and Kameron Dial.
North Gaston wouldn't let Cherryville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Seth Mcgaha was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Forestview's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for North Gaston, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Forestview came up short against North Gaston in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 26-20. Thankfully for Forestview, Jayvain ( La ) Knox (who rushed for 194 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.2 yards per carry) 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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