Union Pines hasn't had much luck against Hoke County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Union Pines Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hoke County Bucks at 7:30 p.m. Union Pines will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Union Pines is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Richmond on Friday. They took a 27-8 bruising from the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Raiders are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Hoke County can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They snuck past Southern Lee with a 20-14 win.
The critical scores for Hoke County came from Franajai Ransom, Tycen Vick, and Favor Anab.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hoke County's defense and their ten sacks. Dontrell Mims was especially locked on to Southern Lee's QB and sacked him 5.5 times. Mims also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Raheem Neilly was another major factor on D, picking up 0.5 sacks and making ten total tackles in addition to snagging an interception.
Union Pines' defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Hoke County, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6.
Union Pines came up short against Hoke County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 28-21. Will Union Pines have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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