The Northwest Guilford Vikings will head out to challenge the Grimsley Whirlies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after four-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Northwest Guilford's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Western Guilford's usually-dominant defense. Everything went Northwest Guilford's way against Western Guilford as Northwest Guilford made off with a 34-14 win. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Hornets are ranked 145th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grimsley). They claimed a resounding 49-7 victory over Southeast Guilford on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Whirlies just coasted through the last quarter.
Northwest Guilford's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Grimsley, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Northwest Guilford was dealt a bruising 48-14 loss at the hands of Grimsley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northwest Guilford was down 35-7.
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