The Southern Alamance Patriots entered their tilt with the Western Alamance Warriors with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Southern Alamance narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Western Alamance 16-14. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but Southern Alamance was the (much) better team in the second half.
Despite the loss, Western Alamance still got an impressive performance from Evan Kuehnel, who threw for 235 yards on 12 of 24 attempts.
Southern Alamance's victory was their sixth straight at home (dating back to last season), bumping their overall record up to 9-1. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-10 Cedar Ridge and 1-9 Graham (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 35.8% over those games). As for Western Alamance, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Southern Alamance will look to defend their home field on Friday against Orange at 7:00 p.m. Orange is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak. As for Western Alamance, they will head out on the road to face off against Cape Fear at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cape Fear is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
