Pine Forest and Terry Sanford are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Pine Forest Trojans will challenge the Terry Sanford Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Pine Forest will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 47-point they dealt Western Harnett on Thursday. Pine Forest claimed a resounding 61-14 win over Western Harnett at home. That 47 point margin sets a new team best for the Trojans this season.
Pine Forest can attribute much of their success to Jaidon Moore, who threw for 174 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Robert Howard was another key player, rushing for 58 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Terry Sanford's strategy against Triton on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Terry Sanford blew Triton out of the water with a 29-0 final score. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 22-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hawks had little chance of recovering from.
Isaiah Washington had an outrageously good game as 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. Backing up that air attack was Jacob Moore, who rushed for 103 yards and a rushing touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: 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.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Terry Sanford's defense and their four sacks. Triton's QB won't forget Justice Clifton anytime soon given he 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.
The victory (which was Pine Forest's third in a row) raised their record to 3-2. As for Terry Sanford, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Pine Forest skirted past Terry Sanford 41-38 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Terry Sanford's Jaylen Wright, who threw for 203 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Pine Forest to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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