After two games on the road, North Wake S is heading back home. They will host the Mount Zion Christian Academy Mighty Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
North Wake S is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against South Wake on Saturday. They took a hard 27-12 fall against the Lions.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mount Zion Christian Academy). They breezed by Triangle Math & Science to the tune of 70-0 on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mighty Warriors had established a 56 point advantage.
Ge?Arey Johnson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 489 yards and nine touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Keegan Carroll was Johnson's top target, picking up 130 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Mount Zion Christian Academy's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 13 sacks. David Obineme led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Zachariah Terry also sacked two sacks, which is notable because Mount Zion Christian Academy is 2-1 when he posts at least one sack, but 2-5 otherwise. Mount Zion Christian Academy got some further help from Julius Rooks: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (2.0 for loss).
North Wake S's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Mount Zion Christian Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-6.
North Wake S didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Mount Zion Christian Academy when the teams last played on October 12th, but they still walked away with a 20-14 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Johnson, who threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 47 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Wake S still be able to contain Johnson? There's only one way to find out.
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