The Bertie Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the North Moore Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bertie is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 52-6 victory over North Edgecombe. The match marked the Falcons' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, while North Moore put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Union. North Moore breezed by Union to the tune of 51-0. Considering the Mustangs have won five contests by more than 32 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Stryker Murray and Joseph Dunn. Murray rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries while Dunn rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns. North Moore is undefeated when Murray posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 3-5 otherwise.
North Moore was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
North Moore is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.6 points per game. As for Bertie, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-6.
Bertie took a serious blow against North Moore when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 58-20. Can Bertie avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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