Mount Tabor has gone 6-1 against R.J. Reynolds recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Mount Tabor Spartans will take on the R.J. Reynolds Demons at 7:00 p.m. Mount Tabor will be strutting in after a victory while R.J. Reynolds will be coming in after a loss.
Mount Tabor is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: West Forsyth, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Mount Tabor was ranked 12th). Mount Tabor walked away with a 27-17 win over West Forsyth on Friday. Winning may never get old, but the Spartans sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Mount Tabor wouldn't let West Forsyth keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Matthias Banks, John Coles, and Coles picked up one apiece. Malik Garrison was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, R.J. Reynolds has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 13.75 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. The match between them and Davie wasn't particularly close, with R.J. Reynolds falling 32-17. The Demons have struggled against the War Eagles recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Although R.J. Reynolds took the loss, they still got scores from John (Mac) Murphy and Joseph (Joe) Crowley.
Mount Tabor's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for R.J. Reynolds, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Mount Tabor and R.J. Reynolds were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but Mount Tabor came up empty-handed after a 29-28 loss. Can Mount Tabor avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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