A win for Berry just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by the Olympic Trojans at home and fell 44-13. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 248th, while the Trojans are ranked 62nd).
Several Cardinals players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Na Na Mensah, who picked up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Berry's defensive line still kept up the pressure with 3.5 sacks. In that department, JaShawn Shaw was the leader with two. Berry got some further help from Christoper Gregory: he picked up 0.5 sacks, made seven total tackles (3.5 for loss), and defended a pass.
Leading Olympic to victory were Chance Cato and De'Angelo Hall. Cato threw for 339 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes, while Hall picked up 134 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Devin Walker helped Cato out on the ground, rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Berry dropped their record down to 3-7 with the loss, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Olympic, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
As of now, neither Berry nor Olympic have any future games scheduled.
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