East Mecklenburg is 0-10 against the Bulldogs since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The East Mecklenburg Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Butler Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. East Mecklenburg will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 118th).
Last Tuesday, things could have been worse for East Mecklenburg, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 51-36 loss to the Wildcats. East Mecklenburg has not had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Butler earned a 51-39 victory over the Panthers on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back wins for Butler.
East Mecklenburg's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-14. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 28.0 points per game. As for Butler, their win bumped their record up to 12-6.
East Mecklenburg was taken down by the Bulldogs 60-12 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. The match was all but decided by halftime, at which point East Mecklenburg was down 47-4.
