It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Johnston can now relate to. They took a hard 25-6 fall against the Currituck County Knights on Saturday. The Wildcats were down 22-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
West Johnston didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Chase Grace, Jamari Giles, and Tyion Washington picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Grace is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game. West Johnston got some further help from Nick Avery: he picked up two sacks and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
West Johnston has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-5 record this season. As for Currituck County, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-5.
West Johnston does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Currituck County, they and Southern School of Energy and Sustainability are set to duel on Friday. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.9 points per game this season.
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