The Southern Alamance Patriots had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They walked away with a 14-7 win over Eastern Alamance. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but Southern Alamance was the (much) better team in the second half.
Logan Foust continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 265 yards and two touchdowns.
Southern Alamance's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which bumped their overall record up to 8-1. It's not like the team was facing easy opposition over that stretch either, as it included 7-1 Southern Nash and 7-2 Williams (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 74.7% over those games). As for Eastern Alamance, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
Southern Alamance will take on Western Alamance at 7:00 p.m. on October 27th. As for Eastern Alamance, they will head out on the road to face off against Orange at 7:00 p.m. on October 27th. Orange will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 239th, while Eastern Alamance is ranked 54th).
