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Apex is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Willow Spring a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Apex Cougars will look to defend their home field against the Willow Spring Storm at 7:00 p.m.
Apex's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Apex Friendship on Friday. They took a 17-0 bruising from the Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Patriots are ranked 69th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Willow Spring). They blew past Green Level 60-0 on Friday. The Storm haven't had any issues with the Gators recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
A big part of Willow Spring's victory came down to the chemistry between Ethan Dyk Es and his top target Javel Smith. Dyk Es rushed for 75 yards and one touchdown on only six carries while Smith gained 73 total yards and three touchdowns. Bryson Davis was another key player, rushing for 76 yards and one TD.
Willow Spring didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Green Level to a completion percentage of just 40%. The team can thank Caleb Coston for the heroic effort on defense: he. Willow Spring is 2-1 when they limit the passing game like that.
The win got Willow Spring back to even at 3-3. As for Apex, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
