It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Surry can now relate to. They fell 35-25 to the East Rutherford Cavaliers on Friday. The Greyhounds have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Kam McKnight threw for 110 yards and a touchdown.
Isaac Webb was his top target, picking up 30 receiving yards. On the ground,
Fisher Leftwich rushed for 38 yards.
Brandon Pinkerton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for East Rutherford, rushing for 327 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Pinkerton a new career-high in rushing yards.
North Surry's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4. As for East Rutherford, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-3.
North Surry does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Rutherford, they are on the road again on Friday to play Reidsville at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Reidsville has won six straight at home, while East Rutherford won six straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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