Forestview hasn't had much luck against Kings Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Forestview Jaguars will challenge the Kings Mountain Mountaineers at 7:30 p.m.
Forestview's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Ashbrook on Tuesday. They were beaten by the Greenwave 34-0. The game marked the first time this season in which the Jaguars were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Kings Mountain waltzed into their contest two weeks ago with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Huskies as they made off with a 39-13 victory. The Mountaineers pushed the score to 39-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
Josiah Hill and Tj Armstrong were among the main playmakers for Kings Mountain as the former gained 142 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt. Hill is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. 105 of those passing yards were hauled in by William Vaughn, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Kings Mountain's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 5.5 sacks. In that department, Semaj Odems was the leader with 3.5.
Forestview's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Kings Mountain, their win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
Forestview was taken down by Kings Mountain 49-7 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hill, who rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that Forestview 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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