Terry Sanford and Pine Forest are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Terry Sanford Bulldogs will welcome the Pine Forest Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Terry Sanford's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 29-0 victory over Triton. That looming 29-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bulldogs yet this season.
Isaiah Washington was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Kylee Thames was in the mix too, providing Terry Sanford with two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Terry Sanford's defense and their four sacks. Justice Clifton was especially locked on to Triton's QB and sacked him twice. Clifton is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Terry Sanford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 311 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pine Forest had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They breezed by the Eagles at home to the tune of 61-14. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Eagles are ranked 355th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jaidon Moore was the offensive standout of the game as he threw for 174 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Robert Howard, who rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Terry Sanford now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Pine Forest, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Terry Sanford couldn't quite finish off Pine Forest when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 41-38. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pine Forest's Jamari Jones, who rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Terry Sanford 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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