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JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL STANDINGS
SOUTH FORK 2A
Conf. All
Bandys 0-0 0-0
E. Lincoln 0-0 0-0
LN Charter 0-0 0-0
Lincolnton 0-0 0-0
Maiden 0-0 1-0
N-Conover 0-0 1-0
N. Lincoln 0-0 0-0
W. Lincoln 0-0 0-0
Last Thursday’s results
Maiden 36, Fred T. Foard 0
Newton-Conover 31, Bunker Hill 16
Thursday’s games
Bandys at Fred T. Foard, 7 p.m.
E. Rowan at E. Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Lake Norman Charter at W. Lincoln (non-conf.), 7 p.m.
Lincolnton at South Point, 7 p.m.
Maiden at S. Caldwell, 7 p.m.
N. Lincoln at E. Rutherford, 7 p.m.
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
Conf. All
Bunker Hill 0-0 0-1
Draughn 0-0 0-0
E. Burke 0-0 0-0
Fred T. Foard 0-0 0-1
Hibriten 0-0 0-1
Patton 0-0 1-0
W. Caldwell 0-0 0-1
W. Iredell 0-0 0-0
Last Thursday’s results
Alexander Central 8, Hibriten 0
Maiden 36, Fred T. Foard 0
Newton-Conover 31, Bunker Hill 16
Patton 20, N. Buncombe 12
S. Caldwell 34, W. Caldwell 12
Thursday’s games
Bandys at Fred T. Foard, 7 p.m.
Bunker Hill at St. Stephens, 7 p.m.
Draughn at Freedom, 7 p.m.
McDowell at E. Burke, 7 p.m.
N. Wilkes at W. Caldwell, 7 p.m.
Patton at R-S Central, 7 p.m.
W. Iredell at S. Iredell, 6:30 p.m.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Conf. All
Alex Central 0-0 1-0
Freedom 0-0 0-0
Hickory 0-0 0-0
McDowell 0-0 1-0
St. Stephens 0-0 0-0
S. Caldwell 0-0 1-0
Watauga 0-0 0-0
Last Thursday’s results
Alexander Central 8, Hibriten 0
Hickory at Statesville, ppd., no date
McDowell 24, R-S Central 14
S. Caldwell 34, W. Caldwell 12
Thursday’s games
Ashe County at Watauga, 7 p.m.
Bunker Hill at St. Stephens, 7 p.m.
Draughn at Freedom, 7 p.m.
Maiden at S. Caldwell, 7 p.m.
McDowell at E. Burke, 7 p.m.
Wilkes Central at Alexander Central, 7 p.m.
JUNIOR VARSITY HIGHLIGHTS
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 8, HIBRITEN 0
Cam Lackey had the game’s only score and ran 17 times for 117 yards as Alexander Central High opened the junior varsity football season by beating Hibriten 8-0 in Taylorsville.
Lackey scored on a 12-yard run with five minutes, 44 seconds left in the third quarter and added a two-point conversion run.
The game was a defensive battle that included seven lost fumbles (Cougars 4, Panthers 3), and Alexander Central limited Hibriten to 54 yards rushing on 31 carries.
Dalton Beck led the Cougars, who had seven tackles for lost yardage, with eight tackles while Preston Hudson added two sacks and six tackles and Zaheim Millsaps recovered two fumbles.
For Hibriten, Sadbarri Moore had seven tackles, three of them for lost yardage and Dace Tugman provide six tackles and Nathan Wood had 2 ½ hits for lost yardage.
Hibriten converted only one of seven third down plays and none of its three fourth down tries, and the Cougars were 0-for-7 on third downs and converted two of their four attempts on fourth down.
Alexander Central (1-0) is at home Thursday night against Wilkes Central while Hibriten is idle until playing Ashe county in Lenoir on Sept. 5.
MAIDEN 36, FRED T. FOARD 0
Brenden Harrison ran and threw for scores and had two interceptions on defense, leading the Blue Devils’ home victory to open the season.
Harrison opened the scoring with a 25-yard run and threw a two-point conversion pass to Bryson Foard for an early 8-0 lead.
Maiden led 22-0 after it tacked on a 12-yard TD run by Jacob Sigmon and Korbyn Lawing’s 5-yard scoring run and a two-point run by Harrison.
Harrison threw 40 yards to Sigmon for another TD and Lawing ran for a two-point conversion to make it 30-0.
Maiden’s final score came on a 5-yard run by Foard.
Chase Jenkins had an interception and Jackson Hensley recovered a fumble to spark the Maiden defense.
The Blue Devils (1-0) play Thursday night at South Caldwell and the Tigers (0-1) are at home Thursday night against Bandys.
NEWTON-CONOVER 31, BUNKER HILL 16
The Red Devils opened their season with a road victory.
Preston Workman (3-yard run) and Brady Speaks (2-yard run) scored for the Bears and Elijah Israel ran for two two-point conversions.
Newton-Conover (1-0) is idle until facing Hickory on Sept. 5 in Newton.
Bunker Hill (0-1) will play at St. Stephens on Thursday night.