The Northwest Guilford Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Grimsley Whirlies at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are still undefeated after four-games, but that won't be the case come Thursday.
Northwest Guilford's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Western Guilford's usually-dominant defense. Everything went Northwest Guilford's way against Western Guilford as Northwest Guilford made off with a 34-14 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Hornets are ranked 145th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grimsley). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Southeast Guilford 49-7 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Whirlies just coasted through the last quarter.
Mitchell Summers continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 154 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also picking up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown.all of that, receiving production came thanks to one massive catch Another player making a difference was Faizon Brandon, who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes.
Grimsley's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ryan Debow and Cassius Bostic. Debow has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Northwest Guilford's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Grimsley, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Northwest Guilford was dealt a bruising 48-14 loss at the hands of Grimsley when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northwest Guilford was down 35-7.
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