Topsail couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell to the Terry Sanford Bulldogs 47-41. The Pirates just can't catch a break and have now endured four losses in a row dating back to last season.
Topsail lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Landen Cook, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Hebron, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Topsail was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 413 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Topsail wouldn't let Terry Sanford keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Topsail can thank Ryder Willcox and Evan Batts for forcing all of them. Batts' also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Jacob Moore had an outrageously good game for Terry Sanford as he rushed for 120 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 213 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.8% of his passes. Christian Carter was Moore's top target, picking up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Topsail will be playing in front of their home fans against Dixon at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Topsail focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for Terry Sanford, they will face off against Scotland at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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