After each having a week off, the Apex Friendship Patriots and the Pine Forest Trojans will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Apex Friendship will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Apex Friendship will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 26-point they dealt Green Level two weeks ago. Apex Friendship blew past Green Level 33-7. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Gators are ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pine Forest came up short against Overhills two weeks ago and fell 41-34. While the Trojans had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Jaguars 21-14.
Although Pine Forest took the loss, they still got scores from Jamari Jones, Jaidon Moore, Ja'Lynn Thomas, Jeremiah Moore, and Latrell Carter.
Even though they lost, Pine Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Even if they lost, Pine Forest's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Kamari Lofton with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Pine Forest and nudges their season record down to 5-5. As for Apex Friendship, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
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