It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Burns can now relate to. They were dealt a 56-14 loss at the hands of the Monroe Redhawks on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Redhawks are ranked 19th).
It was another big night for Kaegan Chambers, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 141 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes for Monroe. Jamari Clark got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Burns' defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4. As for Monroe, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 11-0.
Burns does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Monroe, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 48-21 victory against West Stokes on the 29th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps