South View hasn't had much luck against Seventy-First recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The South View Tigers will face off against the Seventy-First Falcons at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South View's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They blew past Riverside-Durham 48-0 at home. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Pirates are ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rashad Dockery was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 235 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South View was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverside-Durham only rushed for 113.
Meanwhile, Seventy-First put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Hoke County with a sharp 21-0 win.
The victory made it two in a row for South View and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Seventy-First, their record now sits at 3-0.
South View was taken down by Seventy-First 47-14 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seventy-First's Deandre Nance, who rushed for 108 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes. Now that South View knows 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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