Swansboro 20, White Oak 12<\/p>\n
Austin Zoeckler completed 11 of 14 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown and Anthony Anderson ran for 93 yards on 19 carries as host Swansboro topped White Oak.<\/p>\n
Zoeckler threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jaydon Glasson to give the Pirates a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Eric Gonzalez added a 1-yard touchdown to make it 14-6 late in the second quarter while Cameron Nilson made a pair of second-half field goals.<\/p>\n
Nilson\u2019s 40-yard field goal late in the third extended Swansboro\u2019s lead to 17-6 while his late fourth-quarter kick made it 20-12.<\/p>\n
Carmello Beasley had a third-quarter interception in the end zone for the Pirates.<\/p>\n
Swansboro is 3-0 for the first time since 2019 following it\u2019s first win over White Oak since the 2021 spring season. The Vikings had won the last eight meetings.<\/p>\n
Tony Hendricks rushed for 184 yards on 19 carries and scored on runs of 24 and 46 yards for the Vikings, who now lead the series with the Pirates 33-10-1.<\/p>\n
Swansboro (3-0) visits East Carteret next week while White Oak (1-1) hosts Kinston.\u00a0<\/p>\n
East Duplin 34, Richlands 13<\/p>\n
Noah LeBlanc rushed for 130 yards and three touchdowns on just 10 carries in host East Duplin\u2019s victory over Richlands.<\/p>\n
LeBlanc\u2019s 3-yard touchdown extended the Panthers lead to 14-0 in the second quarter while his 38-yard score later in the period made it 21-0. He added a 35-yard run in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Esiah Bennerman added 63 yards rushing on seven carries while Keeshon McKinnie added an 11-yard touchdown in the first quarter while Zachary Cruz had a 4-yard touchdown in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Richlands\u2019 Camden Warren returned a fumble 43 yards for a touchdown to bring the Wildcats to within 21-7 in the second while Baylee Rathe added a 1-yard score in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Hayes Lanier made nine tackles, James Matas had eight tackles, three for loss, and a sack, McKinnie hade nine tackles and Blake Shuddekopf had six tackles and a sack for East Duplin.<\/p>\n
The Panthers have won two straight games over the Wildcats and leads the series 40-20-1.<\/p>\n
East Duplin (3-0) hosts James Kenan next week while Richlands (1-2) visits South Brunswick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Croatan 45, Southwest 22<\/p>\n
Croatan took a 14-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back as the Cougars won at Southwest.<\/p>\n
Kannon McBride scored a rushing touchdown to make it 14-0. He added another scoring run to make it 28-6 and threw a scoring pass to Antoine Blunt to make it 35-6.<\/p>\n
The Cougars have won three straight over the Stallions and are 3-0 for the fourth consecutive season.<\/p>\n
Ton Bolden rushed for 227 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries for the Stallions, who are 0-3 for the sixth consecutive season.<\/p>\n
Croatan (3-0) hosts Washington next week while Southwest (0-3) visits Dixon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Northside 46, Topsail 16<\/p>\n
Reginald Gray III threw four touchdown passes as host Northside was too strong for Topsail.<\/p>\n
Gray found Evan Wanga for 45 yards to extend the Monarchs\u2019 lead to 27-9. He then found Gavyn Davis for a 23-yard score and an 80-yard score.<\/p>\n
Rahlai Anderson and Zion Jones each added two touchdowns while for the Monarchs, who now lead the series with the Pirates 6-0.<\/p>\n
Northside (2-0) visit New Hanover next week while Topsail (1-2) hosts Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dixon 36, Hobbton 30<\/p>\n
Dixon won its second consecutive game as the Bulldogs held off Hobbton.<\/p>\n
The game was tied at 22-22 at halftime, but the Bulldogs built a 36-22 lead entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Aiden Tilley rushed for three touchdowns while Lonnie Stowers ran for two touchdowns and three two-point conversions for Dixon, which compiled 381 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs now lead the series with Hobbton 5-0 with their other wins coming in 1987, 1988, 1993 and 2025.<\/p>\n
Dixon (2-1) hosts Southwest next week while Hobbton (0-3) visits Rosewood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liberty Christian 38, Sandhills Classical 28<\/p>\n
Eddie Deptola rushed for five touchdowns as Liberty Christian Academy earned a road win at nemesis Sandhills Classical Christian.<\/p>\n
Deptola also had four two-point conversions while running behind the blocking of Ledger Lewis, Tanner Lancaster, Eli Arnette, Hudson Tieman and Hayden Chambers.<\/p>\n
Caleb Malpass had two sacks and Eli Arnette and Noah Horne each had a sack for the Heat, which lost two games to Sandhills last year, including in the conference championship game.<\/p>\n
Liberty (3-0) has an open date next week and hosts Father Capodanno on Sept. 18 while Sandhills (1-1) visits Community Christian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
South Lenoir 20, Lejeune 14<\/p>\n
Visiting Lejeune raced to a 14-0 first-quarter lead, but ran out of gas as the Devilpups fell at South Lenoir.<\/p>\n
Grady Mahaffey had a 65-yard touchdown run and then found Cameron Ruud for a 1 2-yard score to make it 14-0.<\/p>\n
Lejeune (0-2) hosts Union next week while South Lenoir (3-0) hosts Eastern Wayne.<\/p>\n