The Corinth Holders Pirates are taking a road trip to square off against the South Johnston Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Corinth Holders' defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Broughton 39-0 at home. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Capitals are ranked 268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Zeon Ware had a dynamite game for Corinth Holders, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns. Ware got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible53 yards. Jamal Newsom did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 105 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Corinth Holders was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Corinth Holders' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Chase Desiata and Antwan Brown. Brown also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making a tackle and defending two passes in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, South Johnston humbled Triton with a 42-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
South Johnston found their leader in underclassman Tyler Williams, who rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 114 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Holt Langston, who gained 87 total yards and a touchdown.
Corinth Holders' record is now 2-0. As for South Johnston, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Corinth Holders ended up a good deal behind South Johnston when the teams last played back in September of 2023, losing 28-12. Thankfully for Corinth Holders, Riley Adams (who rushed for 51 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 184 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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