St. Stephens hasn't had much luck against Maiden recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The St. Stephens Indians will take on the Maiden Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, St. Stephens was beaten by Bunker Hill 48-7. The Indians were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 27-7.
Meanwhile, Maiden came up short against Watauga on Friday and fell 24-13. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Pioneers are ranked 26th).
Although Maiden took the loss, they still got scores from Josh Stover and Kendall Roberts.
This is the second loss in a row for St. Stephens and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Maiden, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
St. Stephens was dealt a bruising 50-19 loss at the hands of Maiden in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stover, who threw for 285 yards and six touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards. Now that St. Stephens knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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