After three games on the road, Charlotte Country Day School is heading back home. After each having a week off, they and the Charlotte Latin Hawks will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Charlotte Country Day School is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy] last Friday as Charlotte Country Day School made off with a 37-16 win. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Buccaneers as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Sam Jacobson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 157 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. He has become a key player for Charlotte Country Day School: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Khalel Wright, who rushed for 60 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Charlotte Country Day School was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 97.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 179.7.
Charlotte Country Day School didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Mac Summerville picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Latin put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Covenant Day 45-14 at home. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
Carson Clutter was his usual excellent self, rushing for 146 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Troy Logan, who threw for 149 yards and a touchdown.
Charlotte Country Day School now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Charlotte Latin, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Charlotte Country Day School strolled past Charlotte Latin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 21-7. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Logan, who threw for 210 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 48 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Charlotte Country Day School still be able to contain Logan? There's only one way to find out.
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