New Hanover is 9-1 against South Brunswick since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The New Hanover Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the South Brunswick Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
New Hanover will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played two weeks ago but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They came up short against Hoggard, falling 39-13. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Vikings are ranked 24th).
New Hanover's loss came about despite a quality game from Jacob Monroe, who rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 120 yards on 15 of 27 attempts.
Meanwhile, South Brunswick was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 41-19 to West Brunswick.
This is the second loss in a row for New Hanover and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for South Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything came up roses for New Hanover against South Brunswick in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 52-20 victory. In that contest, New Hanover amassed a halftime lead of 35-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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