After flying high against East Rowan last Friday, North Rowan came back down to earth. The North Rowan Cavaliers came up short against the Forest Hills Yellow Jackets on Friday, falling 33-8. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 111th).
Despite the loss, North Rowan still got an impressive performance from Jeremiah Alford, who rushed for 81 yards.
North Rowan'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 Nick Morrow and Michael Alford.
North Rowan's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for Forest Hills, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
North Rowan will face off against Anson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Forest Hills, they will venture away from home to face off against Walkertown at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
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