Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Charlotte Country Day School). Everything went their way against the Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy] Cougars on Friday as the Charlotte Country Day School Buccaneers made off with a 37-16 win. That's more bragging rights for the Buccaneers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Sam Jacobson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 157 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. He has become a key player for Charlotte Country Day School: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget T.J. Valentine, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Charlotte Country Day School was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 97.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 179.7.
Charlotte Country Day School's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Jacob Johnston and Mason Vigna, who racked up five sacks between them. Another thorn in Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy]'s side was Mac Summerville, who made five total tackles and defended two passes in addition to snagging two interceptions which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy] lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Henry Anthony, who picked up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenan Dixon, who picked up 97 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Charlotte Country Day School now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy], they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.
Charlotte Country Day School will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Charlotte Latin at 7:00 p.m. on October 10th. Charlotte Country Day School will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last. Cannon [Cannon/Concord Academy] has already played their next contest, a 41-8 win against North Wake S on the 4th.
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