Two dominant backs in Jaylen Wilkerson and Tylik Harrell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The South Granville Vikings will venture away from home to face off against the Rocky Mount Gryphons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Granville's defense has only allowed 14.9 points per game this season, so Rocky Mount's offense will have their work cut out for them.
South Granville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 20-12 victory over Western Alamance. 20 seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Despite a strong season so far, Rocky Mount has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell 31-18 to Northern Nash two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Gryphons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Knights are ranked 34th).
South Granville's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-6. As for Rocky Mount, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
South Granville was taken down by Rocky Mount 48-0 in their previous meeting back in August of 2016. Thankfully for the Vikings, Jalen Watson (who rushed for 101 yards and a pair of scores on only 11 carries) 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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