Two dominant backs in Rosean Perkins and Jarlon Drye are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Carson Cougars will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Carson has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Northwest Cabarrus will come in with five straight wins.
Carson managed to keep up with Concord until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Carson lost 24-3 to Concord.
Meanwhile, Northwest Cabarrus was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They walked away with a 30-21 victory over West Rowan.
Drye continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 121 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Carson's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Northwest Cabarrus, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Carson was dealt a bruising 37-0 defeat at the hands of Northwest Cabarrus in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Carson, Alex Walker (who threw for 275 yards and four touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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