It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wake Forest can now relate to. They took a 37-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Garner Trojans on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Trojans are ranked 20th).
Micah Olu
| 11/07/25 vs North Brunswick | 260 |
| 10/17/25 vs Knightdale | 233 |
| 09/12/25 @ Wakefield | 185 |
| 11/14/25 @ Garner | 172 |
| 10/10/25 @ East Wake | 158 |
| + 7 more games |
Despite the loss, Wake Forest still got an impressive performance from Micah Olu, who rushed for 172 yards while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. The Cougars are 7-2 when Olu posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 0-3 otherwise. Landen Perry also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Garner got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Amir Wallace out in front who rushed for 106 yards and one score on only 11 carries. Another player making a difference was Eric Chisley, who picked up 88 receiving yards and one TD.
Wake Forest's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5. As for Garner, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.
Wake Forest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Garner, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Cape Fear at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
