Two dominant signal callers in Brody Norman and Bryce Baker are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mooresville Blue Devils will head out to take on the East Forsyth Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mooresville comes in on ten and East Forsyth on 12.
Mooresville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Northwest Guilford 27-10. The score was all tied up 10-10 at the break, but the Blue Devils were the (much) better team in the second half.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mooresville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ja'Darius Mccombs, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Mccombs a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mooresville's defense stepped up as well, laying out Anders Mitchell. four times. Kamdon Gillespie was especially locked on to Northwest Guilford's QB and sacked him twice. Mooresville got some further help from Tanner Finnerty: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Mooresville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, East Forsyth really took it to West Forsyth for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-19 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won nine matches by 35 points or more so far this season.
East Forsyth had a senior duo take command as Jaylin Murry gained 238 total yards and four touchdowns and Baker threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Murry showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 51 yards. Joziah Nicholson made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
East Forsyth wouldn't let West Forsyth keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. East Forsyth can thank Solomon Brown and Dominique Tshiboyi for forcing both of them. Brown also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Ke'Moir Pouncey was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles.
Mooresville pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 44.6 points. As for East Forsyth, their record is now 12-0.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Mooresville has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 199.8 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, East Forsyth has preferred to attack from the air: they average 292.7 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Mooresville was dealt a bruising 35-6 loss at the hands of East Forsyth in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mooresville was down 28-0.
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