The Overhills Jaguars will challenge the Westover Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Overhills is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 42-0 win over Western Harnett on the road. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Eagles are ranked 345th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jordan Bryant had an outrageously good game as he threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns on perfect 13-for-13 passing, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Overhills is 2-1 when Bryant posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) went to Ryyan Coley, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Overhills wouldn't let Western Harnett keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Overhills can thank Xavier Bonier and Jordan Frink for forcing all of them. Overhills got some further help from Marquis James: he picked up a sack and made 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Westover, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They took their contest at home on Saturday with ease, bagging a 34-6 victory over Triton. The high-scoring effort was just what the Wolverines needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Overhills' win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-3. As for Westover, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Overhills strolled past Westover in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 38-19. Does Overhills have another victory up their sleeve, or will Westover turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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