The Manteo Redskins have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the First Flight Nighthawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Manteo managed to keep up with Holmes until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Manteo might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 28-6 to Holmes, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-7, which was the final score in First Flight's tilt against Northeastern on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Nighthawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 338th, while the Eagles are ranked 71st).
Manteo dropped their record down to 1-3 with the loss, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for First Flight, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Manteo didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against First Flight when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 16-12 victory. Does Manteo have another victory up their sleeve, or will First Flight turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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