South Central hasn't had much luck against Havelock recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The South Central Falcons will square off against the Havelock Rams at 7:00 p.m. South Central's defense has only allowed 12.7 points per game this season, so Havelock's offense will have their work cut out for them.
South Central will head out to face Havelock after giving up their first home loss of the season last Friday. South Central lost 38-14 to New Bern. The match was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Falcons couldn't quite close it out.
Although South Central took the loss, they still got scores from Michael Wilson and Judah Powe.
Meanwhile, Havelock waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Cardinals by a score of 21-14. The 21-point effort marked the Rams' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Lebron Sharpe continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 49 receiving yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Williams, who gained 127 total yards.
This is the second loss in a row for South Central and nudges their season record down to 5-2. As for Havelock, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
South Central was dealt a bruising 40-12 defeat at the hands of Havelock when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Williams, who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns. Now that South Central 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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