The Shelby Golden Lions will take on the Community School of Davidson Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Shelby is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 28-0 win over Maiden. Winning may never get old, but the Golden Lions sure are getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
The critical scores for Shelby came from Jaylen Tate, Khalil Foster, Tyler Morgan, and Majay Thompson. Another player making a difference was Lan Farmer, who threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.3% of his passes.
One reason for the win was Shelby's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. In that department, Tyjai Johnson was the leader with three.
Meanwhile, Community School of Davidson waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Tigers 30-7.
Community School of Davidson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 91.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 281.2.
Community School of Davidson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.4 points per game. As for Shelby, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
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