The Kings Mountain Mountaineers will venture away from home to challenge the South Point Red Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Kings Mountain is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Ashbrook on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Mountaineers took a blow against the Greenwave, falling 43-7. The matchup marked the Mountaineers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, South Point made sure to put some points up on the board against North Gaston on Friday. The Red Raiders blew past the Wildcats 53-0. Considering the Red Raiders have won four games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kings Mountain better focus on containing Kaveaun Pless and Patrick Blee as the pair were huge in South Point's win. Pless rushed for 138 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only ten carries, while Blee rushed for 57 yards and two TDs on only seven carries. Pless' longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
South Point was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 215 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
South Point's record now sits at 5-2. As for Kings Mountain, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-2.
Kings Mountain came up short against South Point when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 28-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blee, who rushed for 94 yards and one score, and also threw for 73 yards and one touchdown. Now that the Mountaineers know 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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