After each having a week off, the Northern Nash Knights and the J.H. Rose Rampants will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northern Nash has ten straight wins, J.H. Rose has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Northern Nash slipped by Rocky Mount 41-40. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Gryphons are ranked 131st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Barian Strickland and Isaiah Silver. Strickland had a great game and rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Silver was balling out in the loss, rushing for 198 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry, and also picking up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, J.H. Rose came up short against Havelock last Friday and fell 27-19.
J.H. Rose's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jimmy Martin, who threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns, and Jaidon Lovett, who picked up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
J.H. Rose's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Northern Nash, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Northern Nash didn't have too much breathing room in their match against J.H. Rose in their previous matchup back in September, but they still walked away with a 42-36 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Martin, who threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Northern Nash still be able to contain Martin? There's only one way to find out.
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