Gray's Creek won the last time they faced Red Springs, and things went their way on Saturday too. The Gray's Creek Bears took their match at home with ease, bagging a 62-26 win over the Red Springs Red Devils. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Red Devils are ranked 370th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Alphonso Myers and he. Myers rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries while he rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. He got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible83 yards.
Despite the loss, Red Springs still got an impressive performance from Taquan (TJ) Ellerbe, who picked up 135 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakelsin Mack, who rushed for 93 yards on only nine carries.
The victory made it two in a row for Gray's Creek and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Red Springs, they dropped their record down to 0-2 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Gray's Creek will square off against Pine Forest at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are at an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014. As for Red Springs, they will take on Purnell Swett at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Purnell Swett focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Saturday.
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