The Eastern Alamance Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Reidsville Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Eastern Alamance has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Reidsville will arrive with 15 straight wins.
Eastern Alamance will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They had to suffer through a 45-14 loss at the hands of Northern Guilford. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Reidsville over Rockingham County in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Reidsville blew Rockingham County out of the water with a 50-7 final score. With the Rams ahead 33-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Jariel Cobb had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Dionte Neal, who threw for 226 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Reidsville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in four consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Eastern Alamance's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Reidsville, their victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Eastern Alamance didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Reidsville when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 19-14 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastern Alamance since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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