The Hillside Hornets will head out on the road to face off against the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hillside sitting on three straight wins and Cardinal Gibbons on six.
Hillside is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Ashley get on the board and left with a 33-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won seven games by 21 points or more so far this season.
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Hillside didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Erick Bonner. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one interception the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Ashley's side was Ja'Don Lillie, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Gibbons was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Fuquay - Varina 52-8. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Crusaders had established a 34-point advantage.
Hillside better keep an eye on Aaron Anderson. He was instrumental in Cardinal Gibbons' win, rushing for 192 yards and three TDs on only 15 carries. Those 192 rushing yards gave Anderson a new career-high. Brayden Karras also helped with two scores in total.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Cardinal Gibbons proved: they limited Fuquay - Varina to a paltry 2.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Braylon Peebles for the heroic effort on defense: he. Cardinal Gibbons didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 8.9.
Hillside's record now sits at 9-2. As for Cardinal Gibbons, their record is now 10-1.
Hillside was dealt a bruising 52-19 defeat at the hands of Cardinal Gibbons in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. Thankfully for the Hornets, Kendall Scotton (who rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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