North Mecklenburg hasn't had much luck against Hough recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The North Mecklenburg Vikings will challenge the Hough Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
North Mecklenburg will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against J.F. Webb on Friday. North Mecklenburg's defense stepped up to hand J.F. Webb a 52-0 shutout. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Warriors are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hough was fully in charge last Friday, breezing past Carolina Forest 41-0 on the road. The Huskies pushed the score to 28-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jamison Funderburk and he. Funderburk rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns while he rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Jycen Anciso a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hough's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Cameron Cyr with three.
North Mecklenburg's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Hough, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
North Mecklenburg was taken down by Hough 52-7 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hough's Ralph (Trey) Blakeney, who rushed for nine yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 146 yards and a touchdown while completing 81% of his passes. Now that North Mecklenburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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