Pine Forest and Gray's Creek are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Pine Forest Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the Gray's Creek Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Saturday, Pine Forest took a blow against Seventy-First, falling 49-20. The Trojans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-7.
Meanwhile, Gray's Creek was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Red Springs 62-26 at home. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Red Devils are ranked 371st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Alphonso Myers and he. Myers rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries while he rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. He got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible83 yards.
Gray's Creek's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Red Springs' QB won't forget Javionne Smith anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Smith's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making three total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Pine Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Gray's Creek, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Pine Forest suffered a grim 56-35 defeat to Gray's Creek when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Pine Forest, Javon Webb (who rushed for 310 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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