The matchup between Pine Forest and Harnett Central on Friday hardly resembled the 10-7 effort from their previous meeting. The Pine Forest Trojans lost to the Harnett Central Trojans at home by a 55-41 margin. Pine Forest was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Harnett Central apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2023.
Pine Forest lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jamari Jones, who rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Pine Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 287 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches.
A big part of Harnett Central's win came down to the chemistry between Koby Howard and his top target Dj Brown. Howard threw for 293 yards and six touchdowns while Brown picked up 149 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Ethyn Muhammad helped Howard out on the ground, rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown.
Pine Forest's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4. As for Harnett Central, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Pine Forest will challenge Overhills at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.5 points per game this season. As for Harnett Central, they will take on Triton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Harnett Central also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 37.2 points per game.
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