The South Rowan Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, South Rowan had to suffer through a 41-14 loss at the hands of A.L. Brown. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Wonders are ranked 114th).
Despite the loss, South Rowan had strong showings from Brooks Overcash, who rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown, and Jadon Moore, who picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Overcash a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Northwest Cabarrus had just enough and edged Mount Pleasant out 16-14 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
This is the second loss in a row for South Rowan and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Northwest Cabarrus, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
South Rowan was taken down by Northwest Cabarrus 63-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can South Rowan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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