Freedom is 8-1 against East Burke since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Freedom Patriots will look to defend their home field against the East Burke Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
After dropping their season opener at home, East Burke is headed out to face a Patriots squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Freedom fell 35-28 to Bunker Hill on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Bears are ranked 64th).
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for East Burke's offense. They came up short against Christ School on Friday, falling 26-0.
Things could have been worse for Freedom, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 29-13 loss to East Burke in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Thankfully for Freedom, Jacob Dellinger (who rushed for 216 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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