The Polk County Wolverines are taking a road trip to challenge the Hendersonville Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Polk County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Polk County's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Brevard on Friday. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 74th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hendersonville). They blew past Chase 47-21 on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bearcats needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
JaRon Ward and Hezzie Rudisill were among the main playmakers for Hendersonville as the former threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns and the latter rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. The dominant performance also gave Ward a new career-high in rushing yards (70). A healthy portion of Ward's aerial production (99 yards to be exact) went to Gianni Thompson, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Hendersonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Hendersonville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Ace Smith picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
The victory got Hendersonville back to even at 4-4. As for Polk County, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Polk County didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Hendersonville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 34-30 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Polk County since the squad 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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