The Wake Forest Cougars will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge the South Garner Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wake Forest is leaving town to face South Garner after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Wake Forest took a hard 36-21 fall against Clayton on Friday.
Wake Forest's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kavon Simmons, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, and Micah Olu, who gained 132 total yards and a touchdown. Joshua Basnight also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 82 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, South Garner had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. Everything went their way against Smithfield-Selma on Friday as South Garner made off with a 27-7 win. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Titans were the (much) better team in the second half.
South Garner wouldn't let Smithfield-Selma keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Garner can thank Ekene Ogboko and Ebenezer Ewatade for forcing both of them. South Garner got some further help from Amari Green: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Wake Forest was able to grind out a solid victory over South Garner in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, winning 31-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wake Forest since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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