Northwest Cabarrus is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Robinson is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Northwest Cabarrus Trojans will host the Robinson Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Northwest Cabarrus made easy work of Concord and carried off a 28-7 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
The critical scores for Northwest Cabarrus came from Jason Black and Jackson Forrest.
Meanwhile, Robinson won against West Rowan last Friday with 48 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Robinson breezed by South Rowan on the road to the tune of 48-7. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Raiders are ranked 230th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jon Bissonnette was his usual excellent self, throwing for 315 yards and four touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 60 yards. Those 60 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Dominic Testa was Bissonnette's top target, picking up 145 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also punching in a rushing score.
Northwest Cabarrus' victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Robinson, their win bumped their record up to 8-0.
Northwest Cabarrus came up short against Robinson in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 27-17. Thankfully for Northwest Cabarrus, Na'Ledge Wright (who rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 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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