The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders will face off against the Fuquay - Varina Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cardinal Gibbons' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They blew past Cary, posting a 46-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Crusaders, who have now won five games in a row.
Noah Terry
| 10/30/25 @ Cary | 4 |
| 10/10/25 vs Holly Springs | 2 |
| 09/12/25 @ Southeast Raleigh | 2 |
| 11/29/24 vs Hillside | 2 |
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Noah Terry was his usual excellent self, rushing for 58 yards and four touchdowns. Those four rushing touchdowns gave him a new career-high.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Cardinal Gibbons proved: they limited Cary to a paltry zero yards per carry. While two picked up at least one total tackle, Ben Smedley stood above the rest. He made one tackle. Cardinal Gibbons' ground attack was stronger, having averaged 5.3.
Cardinal Gibbons didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Truth Caesar and Skylar Alston.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fuquay - Varina had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against the Golden Hawks as they made off with a 29-7 victory. The score was close at halftime, but the Bengals pulled away in the second half with 23 points.
Fuquay - Varina found their leader in sophomore Demetrius McKoy, who rushed for 130 yards and one score on only 12 carries. Those 130 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for McKoy.
Cardinal Gibbons' win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Fuquay - Varina, their victory bumped their record up to 5-6.
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