The Southern Lee Cavaliers will venture away from home to challenge the Hoke County Bucks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Southern Lee and four for Hoke County.
Southern Lee is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Pinecrest on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Southern Lee took a blow against Pinecrest, falling 42-13. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Patriots are ranked 69th).
Meanwhile, Hoke County came up short against Richmond on Friday, falling 44-20. The Bucks were down 44-12 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Although Hoke County took the loss, they still got scores from Tycen Vick, Jalyn Wills, and Darius Breeden.
Southern Lee's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Hoke County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Southern Lee beat Hoke County 21-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern Lee since the team 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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