The Myers Park Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the South Mecklenburg Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Myers Park's defense has only allowed 10.3 points per game this season, so South Mecklenburg's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Myers Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Hough, who was ranked third at the time (Myers Park was ranked 11th). The Mustangs lost 28-6 to the Huskies on Friday. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Mecklenburg). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 63-6 victory over Garinger. Considering the Sabres have won five matchups by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
South Mecklenburg didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Callaway Williams, Amir Gillispie, and Mason Varnes picked up one apiece.
Myers Park's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2. As for South Mecklenburg, their win bumped their record up to an identical 7-2.
Myers Park couldn't quite finish off South Mecklenburg when the teams last played back in November of 2024 and fell 21-18. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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