The Stringer Red Devils will challenge the Noxapater Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Stringer will head into Thursday's game after some sweet revenge against Mount Olive: Stringer couldn't quite topple Mount Olive last Thursday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the 36-point loss they took when the two last played. Stringer breezed by Mount Olive to the tune of 42-6. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Red Devils considering their eight-point performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, everything went Noxapater's way against Ethel last Thursday as Noxapater made off with a 38-13 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Noxapater.
Noxapater found their leader in sophomore Camerion Pankey, who rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Noxapater also got a significant boost from Demarkus Mccully, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
Pankey was just one part of a punishing run game: Noxapater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 345 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ethel only rushed for 124.
Noxapater is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 26.0 points per game. As for Stringer, their record is now 4-8.
Stringer strolled past Noxapater in their previous matchup back in November of 2017 by a score of 16-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Stringer since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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