The Olympic Trojans will take on the Shelby Golden Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Olympic will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Olympic was able to grind out a solid win over West Cabarrus, taking the game 41-28.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Chance Cato and his top target Alex Wiley Iv. Cato threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Wiley Iv picked up 171 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Devin Walker helped Cato out on the ground, rushing for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Shelby came up short against Crest on Friday and fell 27-14. The Golden Lions haven't had much luck with the Chargers recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Shelby might have lost, but man, Tristan Tate was a machine: he rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 54 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Olympic's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Shelby, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Olympic was dealt a bruising 51-21 defeat at the hands of Shelby in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tate, who rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Olympic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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