Cape Fear won the last time they faced Terry Sanford, and things went their way on Friday too. The Cape Fear Colts put the hurt on the Terry Sanford Bulldogs with a sharp 31-7 victory. Given the Colts' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cape Fear's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was King Faison, who rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Geronimo Sanchez, who rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cape Fear's defense and their 8.5 sacks. Leading the way was Marquan Footman and his two. Cape Fear got some further help from Bryan Charles: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made ten total tackles in addition to snagging an interception.
The victory made it two in a row for Cape Fear and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Terry Sanford, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cape Fear will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Laney at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cape Fear will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Terry Sanford, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Overhills at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th. Hopefully Overhills focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four last Thursday.
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