Lincolnton is 2-8 against Maiden since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lincolnton Wolves will head out on the road to square off against the Maiden Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Lincolnton's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past East Burke 38-0 on the road. With that win, the Wolves brought their scoring average up to 26.6 points per game.
Lincolnton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Treylen Bost, who rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and Rashad Lynch, who threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 71 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincolnton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 235 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Lincolnton's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Jalaythan ?JJ? Mayfield with two sacks.
Meanwhile, Maiden had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bears 28-0 at home. Considering the Blue Devils have won five matches by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Josh Stover looked great while leading his team to the win, picking up 149 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also punching in a rushing score.
The victory got Lincolnton back to even at 4-4. As for Maiden, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Lincolnton couldn't quite finish off Maiden in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 37-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stover, who rushed for 185 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 73 yards and a touchdown. Now that Lincolnton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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