The Forestview Jaguars will head out to challenge the East Lincoln Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Forestview can't be to happy about their upcoming road matchup considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Friday. They came up short against Burns, falling 32-7. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, East Lincoln took care of business in their home opener on Friday (and then some). Everything went their way against Stuart W. Cramer as East Lincoln made off with a 47-24 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Lincoln to victory, but perhaps none more so than Grant Lawless, who threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns. Lj Forney also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
East Lincoln's defense stepped up as well, laying out Cooper Mcmillan. five times. Leading the way was Kaleb Lauffer and his two sacks. East Lincoln got some further help from Messiah Thompson: he made seven total tackles and snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Forestview was taken down by East Lincoln 39-8 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Lincoln's Christopher Daley II, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Forestview 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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