First Flight lost against Northeastern back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The First Flight Nighthawks had to suffer through a 66-7 loss at the hands of the Northeastern Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Nighthawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 347th, while the Eagles are ranked 61st).
Trevaris Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Northeastern, throwing for 190 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Jones a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Da'Mari Mcneill, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
This is the second loss in a row for First Flight and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Northeastern, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. First Flight will face off against Manteo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Northeastern, they are on the road again on Friday to play Holmes at 7:00 p.m. Northeastern's defense has only allowed 17 points per game this season, so Holmes' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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