You can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Fike's strategy against Smithfield-Selma on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Fike Demons blew the Smithfield-Selma Spartans out of the water with a 37-0 final score. Given the Demons' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Spartans are ranked 338th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Fike to victory were Jerimiah Peart and Cameron Pittman. Peart rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, while Pittman rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns. Peart's longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.
Fike didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Braylen Loftin, Xzavion Barnes, and William Monk picked up one apiece.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 13 points in total. All came courtesy of Micah Foula: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 4-for-4 kicking extra points for an additional four.
The win (which was Fike's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. As for Smithfield-Selma, their defeat was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-6.
Fike will host C.B. Aycock at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. C.B. Aycock will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Fike surely won't give up without a fight. As for Smithfield-Selma, they will head out to square off against West Johnston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Johnston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.6 points per game this season.
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