Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Davie County walked away with it. Their defense stepped up to hand the West Mecklenburg Hawks a 19-0 shutout on Friday. Given the War Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Hawks are ranked 224th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Davie County's win came down to the chemistry between Draeton Nance and his top target Ethan Driver. Nance threw for 134 yards and one touchdown while Driver picked up 108 receiving yards and one score. That's the most receiving yards Driver has posted since back in August.
Davie County's run defense was locked in: West Mecklenburg could only muster one yards per carry. The team can thank Elijah Chaffin for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Davie County; they were averaging 4.2yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've fallen to only 4.4 per game.
Dylan Miller
| 11/07/25 vs West Mecklenburg | 5 |
| 10/31/25 @ South Iredell | 12 |
| 10/24/25 @ Lake Norman | 17 |
| 10/17/25 vs Mooresville | 7 |
| 10/10/25 vs Statesville | 9 |
| + 8 more games |
Davie County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Miller and Gavin Reese. Miller has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 13 times he's played. Davie County got some further help from Connor Dixson: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
The victory made it two in a row for Davie County and bumps their season record up to 7-4. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 6 points in those games. As for West Mecklenburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Coming up, Davie County will face off against Jack Britt at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Mecklenburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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