The South Garner Titans will be defending their home-field for the first time for the first time when they go up against the Wake Forest Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Garner will be strutting in after a victory while Wake Forest will be coming in after a loss.
South Garner is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Smithfield-Selma. Everything went South Garner's way against Smithfield-Selma on Friday as South Garner made off with a 27-7 win. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Spartans are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Garner wouldn't let Smithfield-Selma keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Garner can thank Ekene Ogboko and Ebenezer Ewatade for forcing both of them. South Garner got some further help from Amari Green: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Wake Forest couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a hard 36-21 fall against Clayton on Friday.
Despite the defeat, Wake Forest had strong showings from Kavon Simmons, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, and Micah Olu, who gained 132 total yards and a touchdown. Joshua Basnight also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 82 receiving yards.
South Garner came up short against Wake Forest when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 31-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Simmons, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 108 yards on 12 of 18 attempts. Now that South Garner knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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