The South Granville Vikings are taking a road trip to square off against the Knightdale Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
South Granville will head into Thursday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They came up short against Southern Nash, falling 40-14. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Firebirds are ranked 84th).
Although South Granville took the loss, they still got scores from Jamari Ray and Kaiden Curtis.
Meanwhile, Knightdale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They and East Wake were almost perfectly matched up, but Knightdale suffered a 27-26 loss.
South Granville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Knightdale, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
South Granville was able to grind out a solid win over Knightdale in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 21-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Granville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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