Mooresville is 7-1 against South Iredell since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mooresville Blue Devils will square off against the South Iredell Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mooresville comes in on four and South Iredell on three.
Last Friday, Mooresville earned an 18-6 win over Providence. The 18-point effort marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Mooresville came from Ja'Darius Mccombs and Brody Norman.
Meanwhile, South Iredell hadn't done well against Hickory Ridge recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. South Iredell snuck past Hickory Ridge with a 32-27 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Ragin' Bulls are ranked 215th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tyler Johnson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 93 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 170 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. His longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Brody Hunt was Johnson's top target, picking up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
South Iredell didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jake Garwood and Q Govan. Garwood is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. South Iredell got some further help from Shephard Kappel: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Mooresville's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for South Iredell, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2.
Friday's matchup will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Norman and Johnson. Norman has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 191.8 passing yards and has 11 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Johnson has averaged 156 passing yards and has 9 passing touchdowns on the season.
Everything came up roses for Mooresville against South Iredell in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 45-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mooresville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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