After flying high against South Lenoir last Friday, East Duplin came back down to earth. The East Duplin Panthers fell to the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs 21-15. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Panthers of the 20-14 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in October of 2023.
Although East Duplin took the loss, they still got scores from Aaron Hall and Branson Norris.
Irving Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Wallace-Rose Hill, rushing for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Wallace-Rose Hill is 5-1 when Brown posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Jamarae Lamb also helped out as he racked up 116 rushing yards.
East Duplin now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Wallace-Rose Hill, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
East Duplin has already played their next matchup, a 49-20 win against Southwest Onslow on the 1st. As for Wallace-Rose Hill, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 17-14 victory against James Kenan on the 1st.
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