R.J. Reynolds is 1-6 against Mount Tabor since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The R.J. Reynolds Demons will be playing at home against the Mount Tabor Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (R.J. Reynolds: 13.8, Mount Tabor: 14.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
R.J. Reynolds' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Davie offense got past them. R.J. Reynolds took a hard 32-17 fall against Davie on Friday. The Demons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although R.J. Reynolds took the loss, they still got scores from John (Mac) Murphy and Joseph (Joe) Crowley.
R.J. Reynolds wouldn't let Davie keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. R.J. Reynolds can thank Gavin Searcy and Jamarian (JP) Pauling for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Mount Tabor faced West Forsyth in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Mount Tabor walked away with a 27-17 victory over West Forsyth. The win was nothing new for the Spartans as they're now sitting on three straight.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mount Tabor's defense and their seven sacks. Divory Puryear was especially locked on to West Forsyth's QB and sacked him twice. Mount Tabor got some further help from Malik Garrison: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
R.J. Reynolds' defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Mount Tabor, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
R.J. Reynolds won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, slipping by Mount Tabor 29-28. Does R.J. Reynolds have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mount Tabor turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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