After each having a week off, the Cherokee Braves and the Carver Yellowjackets will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cherokee is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.6 points per game this season.
Cherokee is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Murphy just ended the team's three-game winning streak two weeks ago. They were outmatched by the Bulldogs on the road and fell 35-6. The match marked the Braves' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Carver didn't have too much trouble with Winston-Salem Prep two weeks ago as they won 22-8. The matchup marked the Yellowjackets' most dominant win of the season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Carver's defense and their four sacks. Anthony Thomas Washington was especially locked on to Winston-Salem Prep's QB and sacked him three times.
Carver's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-6. As for Cherokee, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-4.
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