Mother Nature Sacks Friday Night Football

                Just like last week, Mother Nature rained on the areas Friday Night Football parade. It happened again last night. Many games were already in progress when the storms came. Some teams have moved their games to Monday night. While others waited out the storms and finished their games later.

                Forestview’s home game against East Lincoln was three minutes away from half-time when officials stopped the game. The game was tied at 14 between the Mustangs and the Jaguars. East Lincoln went up 14-0 on a one-yard touchdown run by Coleton Banks and a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown by Trey Childers.

                The Jaguars tied it up in the second quarter with a Colton Guthrie screen pass to Moe Neal that turned into a 34-yard touchdown pass and a one-yard quarterback sneak by Guthrie. Both kickers, East Lincoln’s Blake Strupp and Forestview’s Dylan Disarro, were two-for-two on extra points. The game will resume Monday at 7:00.

                In other games, South Point’s home game against West Charlotte was called after the first quarter, tied 7-7. The game will be finished Monday at 6:00 pm. Hunter Huss’s home game with Hickory, Stuart Cramer’s home game with Bessemer City, West Lincoln’s game at Fred T. Foard and Kings Mountain’s conference opener with East Rutherford were also postponed.

The Huskies led 14-7 in the second quarter. The games will resume Monday at 7:00. Stuart Cramer was up 7-0. Kings Mountain and East Rutherford were tied at 7-7. West Lincoln was leading Foard 7-6.

                One area team called their game at half-time and it will stand as is. Highland Tech was down 24-0 to Lake Norman Charter and that will be the final.

                The games that did wait out the storm are North Gaston @ Cherryville, Jimmy Draughn @ Crest, R-S Central @ Shelby, Burns @ Chase, East Gaston @ Lincolnton and Statesville Christian @ Thomas Jefferson.

                North Gaston blew out Cherryville 46-6. Cherryville led 6-0 at the beginning of the game. Crest handled Draughn 54-7. Shelby handed R-S Central their first loss of the season and it was a bad one, 52-7. Burns beat Chase 20-7. East Gaston had a 26-7 first quarter lead over Lincolnton, but the Wolves ended up rallying with a 43-33 win. Thomas Jefferson was two points away from a shutout. They mangled Statesville Christian 46-2.