The Randleman Tigers will face off against the Forest Hills Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Randleman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They strolled past East Gaston with points to spare, taking the game 30-13. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Warriors are ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Randleman's victory came down to the chemistry between John Kirkpatrick and his top target Tyshaun Goldston. Kirkpatrick threw for 208 yards and three touchdowns while Goldston picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. Everything went their way against the Yellowjackets as they made off with a 35-12 win. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Forest Hills had a senior duo take command as Zach Dillworth threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes and Rodney Smith rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Smith didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 0.5 sacks and made three total tackles.
Forest Hills didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Curt Williams and Kemarion Massey.
Forest Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points per game. As for Randleman, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
Randleman suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Forest Hills in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Randleman, Brady Hibbard (who threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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