The Willow Spring Storm will square off against the Corinth Holders Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Willow Spring is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 29-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of Southeast Raleigh. The Storm have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Willow Spring took the loss, they still got scores from Laden Beckwith, Amir Wallace, and Wallace.
Willow Spring wouldn't let Southeast Raleigh keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Willow Spring can thank Jordan Ledgester and Kei'Marius Hollie for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Ledgester is now averaging an impressive 6 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, Corinth Holders has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 16 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They were dealt a 44-14 defeat at the hands of Cleveland. That makes it the first time this season the Pirates have let down their home crowd.
Willow Spring's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Corinth Holders, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Willow Spring lost to Corinth Holders at home by a decisive 21-7 margin in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Corinth Holders' Jaylon Holder, who rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Now that Willow Spring knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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