Two dominant backs in Jamar Hicks and Naijhir White are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The South Granville Vikings will welcome the Holmes Aces at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as South Granville comes in on four and Holmes on three.
Last Thursday, South Granville made easy work of Riverside-Durham and carried off a 35-13 win. Considering the Vikings have won four contests by more than 21 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Hicks was his usual excellent self, rushing for 118 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 107 rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Jaydn McNeil, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
South Granville wouldn't let Riverside-Durham keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Brycen D. White, Evan Zollo, and Noah Braswell picked up one apiece. Braswell is becoming a predictor of South Granville's success: when he posts at least one forced fumble the team is 2-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't).
South Granville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Holmes strolled past Hertford County with points to spare two weeks ago, taking the game 47-32.
Amaree Jackson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 271 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of White, who rushed for 155 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry.
South Granville's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-5. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 23.7 points. As for Holmes, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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