It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact High Point can now relate to. They took a hard 35-18 fall against the Glen Rock Panthers on Friday. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
High Point's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jerron Martress, who rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Martress has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Slade Muller, who picked up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, High Point was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in 13 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
The defeat snapped High Point's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 9-2 record. As for Glen Rock, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
High Point does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Glen Rock, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Hanover Park at 6:00 p.m. Glen Rock is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), Hanover Park a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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