The Holly Springs Golden Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Middle Creek Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Holly Springs came up short against Clayton on Thursday, falling 27-7. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Comets are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Middle Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 62-55 to Pinecrest. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by exactly seven points.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Hawke Shoenfeld, who threw for 357 yards and six touchdowns while completing 78.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Braylon Stewart was Shoenfeld's top target, picking up 239 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Holly Springs now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Middle Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Holly Springs strolled past Middle Creek in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 35-20. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holly Springs since the squad 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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