Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Surry). They breezed by the Wilkes Central Eagles on the road to the tune of 61-14 on Friday. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Eagles are ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Troy Watson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 193 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Another player making a difference was Chris George, who rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: East Surry was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 449 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 243 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to East Surry's defense and their four sacks. Wilkes Central's QB won't forget Lucas Chappel anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Chappel also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
East Surry now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Wilkes Central, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 0-6.
East Surry will challenge Forbush at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Forbush will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. As for Wilkes Central, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 55-13 win against North Wilkes on the 7th.
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