Staff report

THOMASVILLE – North Rowan’s football team is making itself at home in the Chair City.

A week after holding off Thomasville at Cushwa Stadium, the Cavaliers flattened East Davidson 47-12 on the road on Friday.

“We’ve gotten a lot better defensively,” North head coach Josh Sophia said. “Offensively, we are living on the big play.”

North had plenty of those.

It was satisfying payback for the surging Cavaliers (6-1, 3-0). The low point of the 2022 season was getting trampled by East Davidson (2-4, 0-2) at home in a Central Carolina Conference game. That was a loss that relegated North to a fourth-place finish in the CCC.

North has won five in a row and hasn’t lost since August.

Jeremiah Alford was ready and had a big game for the Cavaliers. He had two rushing touchdowns and threw two TD passes.

Alford’s 2-yard rushing TD put North ahead 7-0 about four minutes into the game.

Alford, who had 279 passing yards, connected with Amir Alexander for a 32-yard score for a 14-0 edge midway through the first quarter.

Daniel Montes Medrano kicked a 24-yard field goal for 17-0 in the early stages of the second quarter.

Jaemias Morrow broke one for 61 yards and the score that made it 24-0 with 4:27 left before halftime.

East Davidson made adjustments at halftime and mounted a comeback that produced two third-quarter touchdowns.

North’s lead was down to 24-12 when Montes Medrano got off a punt to the East Davidson 3. North’s defense got a turnover, and Alford punched in a score for 31-12.

Alford’s  47-yard TD pass to Jerricho Charleston with 10:13 left to play pushed North’s lead to 38-12.

North got a safety and Yasir Wactor scored North’s final TD with about three minutes left.

Kamahri Feamster and Jaiden Brown contributed interceptions for the Cavaliers. Lathan Ingram recovered a fumble.

After an open week, North will be home against West Davidson.