The Heritage Huskies will stay at home for another week and welcome the Leesville Road Pride at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Heritage's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Jordan on Friday. They took a blow against the Falcons, falling 44-0. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Falcons are ranked 28th).
Despite the defeat, Heritage got top-tier performance from LaDainian Person, who rushed for 104 yards on only 12 carries, and also picked up 47 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Leesville Road put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Overhills 40-0 at home. Fans of the Pride have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Deiondre Goldston had a dynamite game for Leesville Road, throwing for 206 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Goldston is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Goldston, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Leesville Road wouldn't let Overhills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Leesville Road can thank Sam White and Christian Shaw for forcing all of them.
Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Leesville Road, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Heritage was taken down by Leesville Road 49-7 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Goldston, who threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Now that Heritage knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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