Burns is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Shelby is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Burns Bulldogs will host the Shelby Golden Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Burns is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on Friday with ease, bagging a 75-0 win over Cherryville. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Ironmen are ranked 335th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Burns to victory, but perhaps none more so than Graham Warlick, who rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Warlick a new career-high in rushing yards. Zavion Wilson was another key back, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Burns was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Burns wouldn't let Cherryville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Burns can thank Joel Kendrick and Devon Parrott for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Shelby against East Gaston on Friday as the team secured a 55-22 victory.
Tristan Tate continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 156 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. He has been hot , having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jaylen Tate, who gained 96 total yards and two touchdowns.
Burns' win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Shelby, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 7-2.
Burns was taken down by Shelby 58-27 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tate, who rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 34 receiving yards. Now that Burns 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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