Football Recap: Seaforth Comes Up Short

Seaforth and Croatan squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Seaforth had to settle for second. They were dealt a 49-13 loss at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Cougars are ranked 63rd).

Duncan Parker

Passing Yards

09/12/25 vs Northwood	378
11/14/25 @ Croatan	342
11/07/25 @ South Brunswick	307
09/05/25 @ Princeton	282
10/24/25 @ J.F. Webb	238
+ 7 more games

Seaforth's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Duncan Parker, who threw for 342 yards and one touchdown, and Mason Pooley, who picked up 111 receiving yards. Parker is becoming a predictor of the Hawks' success: when he posts at least 300 passing yards the team is 2-1 (and 4-5 when he doesn't).

Andrew Boucher produced another solid effort rushing for 197 yards and five TDs on only 15 carries for Croatan. Boucher has been hot, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last five times he's played.

Seaforth's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Croatan, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-1.

Seaforth does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Croatan, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Havelock at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That game will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Boucher and Jayden Howard.