If East Duplin was feeling good fresh off their 40-17 takedown of Croatan last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The East Duplin Panthers came up short against the James Kenan Tigers on Friday, falling 43-20. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Tigers are ranked 78th).
East Duplin lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Shawn Davis, who rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: East Duplin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
East Duplin now has a losing record at 2-3. As for James Kenan, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
East Duplin will square off against Kinston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully East Duplin focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for James Kenan, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on South Lenoir at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th.
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