Mountain Dew High School Huddle Game of the Week: Cardinal Gibbons defeats Leesville Road 38-7
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's Friday and that means a big night of high school football. The Mountain Dew High School Huddle Game of the Week is in Wake County.
Leesville Road High School squared off against Cardinal Gibbons Friday night in the Mountain Dew High School Huddle Game of the Week.
Leesville fans packed the stands for just the second home game of the season.
The Pride had to play their first five games on the road because the track around the football field was under construction.
"Just getting to hang out with your teammates, laughing on the bus on the way there, just talking about the game plan on the way there also it was fun," said Josiah Gary, senior at Leesville.
Leesville also lost last year in the playoffs to Cardinal Gibbons so players talked about wanting to avenge that loss.
"Gibbons always thinks they are better than us so every year we look forward to this game," said Gary.
Friday's game was also a "lei-out" game for students.
"They don't make a lot of mistakes, they try and make you beat yourself; we can't beat ourselves," said Ben Kolstad, Leesville's Coach. "They're a good football team, we're a good football team, the defending state champs. We're looking forward to the opportunity to knock them off."
Gibbons Coach Steven Wright praised the job of Coach Kolstad.
"Ben does a great job of having his guys prepared," Wright said. "It's always a super competitive game. Playoff-type atmosphere and playoff type football here tonight."
Cardinal Gibbons High defeated Leesville Road High with a final score of 38-7.
FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES ACROSS NC
Albemarle 62, South Stanly 0
Andrews 33, Swain County 7
Apex 42, Friendship 14
Arden Christ School 27, Metrolina Christian Academy 8
Asheville 28, Asheville Roberson 21
Asheville Reynolds 49, Asheville Erwin 13
Boonville Starmount 53, Elkin 0
Burlington Williams 21, Western Alamance 10
Burnsville Mountain Heritage 16, Avery County 0
Cape Fear 49, Fayetteville Byrd 0
Carolina Pride 26, Sandhill Titans 6
Carrboro 29, Oxford Webb 0
Cary 47, Morrisville Green Hope 14
Cary Panther Creek 35, Apex Middle Creek 28
Central Cabarrus 36, East Rowan 24
Central Davidson 56, Asheboro 6
Chambers 47, Huntersville Hopewell 6
Charlotte Ardrey Kell 43, South Mecklenburg 12
Charlotte Catholic 49, Charlotte Garinger 7
Charlotte Christian 56, Harrells Christian 6
Charlotte Country Day 19, North Raleigh Christian 14
Charlotte Independence 28, Charlotte Providence 13
Charlotte Latin 29, Raleigh Ravenscroft 16
Charlotte Myers Park 24, Palisades 17
Charlotte Olympic 63, Charlotte Berry Tech 14
Charlotte Providence Day 48, Trinity Christian 8
Cherryville 47, Gastonia Highland Tech 0
Chocowinity Southside 10, Pinetown Northside 7
Christ the King High School 27, Mt. Holly Mountain Island Charter 20
Claremont Bunker Hill 24, East Burke 20
Clayton 3, South Garner 0
Clayton Cleveland 47, Willow Spring 2
Clinton 54, Red Springs 14
Concord 54, South Rowan 19
Concord Robinson 42, North Stanly 6
Cornelius Hough 41, West Charlotte 0
Davidson Community School 49, Winston-Salem Prep 0
Durham Hillside 27, Durham Riverside 0
Durham Jordan 48, Chapel Hill 27
East Carteret 54, Jones County 7
East Duplin 52, North Lenoir 14
East Forsyth 59, Winston-Salem Parkland 0
East Gaston 49, Bessemer City 0
East Lincoln 63, Newton Foard 3
East Wilkes 28, Alleghany County 21
Eastern Alamance 63, Hillsborough Cedar Ridge 0
Eastern Guilford 55, Winston-Salem Atkins 0
Eastern Randolph 55, Trinity 13
Elizabeth City Northeastern 35, Camden County 6
Erwin Triton 46, Western Harnett 0
Fairmont 18, West Bladen 0
Fayetteville Pine Forest 40, Fayetteville Smith 20
Fayetteville Sanford 40, Harnett Central 0
Fayetteville Seventy-First 27, Fayetteville Britt 20
Forest City Chase 42, Brevard 14
Franklin 35, North Henderson 3
Fuquay-Varina 36, Wendell Corinth Holders 0
Gastonia Ashbrook 30, Belmont Cramer 22
Gastonia Huss 12, Gastonia Forestview 7
Gates County 39, Bertie County 14
Goldsboro Rosewood 42, Rose Hill Union 0
Gray's Creek 35, Lumberton 7
Greene Central 26, Washington 13
Greensboro Dudley 33, Northeast Guilford 0
Greensboro Grimsley 56, Jamestown Ragsdale 6
Greenville Rose 24, Greenville Conley 21
Havelock 36, Jacksonville 34
Hendersonville 52, East Rutherford 0
Hertford County 58, Kill Devil Hills First Flight 15
Hickory 34, North Iredell 0
Hoke County 31, Southern Lee 7
Holly Springs 33, Green Level 7
Hope Mills South View 61, Pembroke Swett 17
Jacksonville White Oak 30, West Carteret 23
Kannapolis Brown 31, West Cabarrus 13
Kings Mountain 31, Belmont South Point 20
Kinston Parrott Academy 58, Wayne Christian 14
Lake Norman Charter 49, Bear Grass 6
Lawndale Burns 48, Mooresboro Jefferson 6
Lenoir Hibriten 64, Ashe County 40
Lexington 26, West Davidson 10
Lincolnton 42, West Caldwell 13
Maiden 52, Catawba Bandys 27
Marshville Forest Hills 35, Anson County 14
Matthews Butler 48, Mint Hill Rocky River 2
Matthews Weddington 31, Indian Trail Porter Ridge 3
Mayodan McMichael 63, Eden Morehead 34
McCormick, S.C. 49, Asheville Christian 41
McDowell County 21, Enka 16
Monroe Parkwood 39, West Stanly 28
Monroe Sun Valley 28, Monroe Piedmont 0
Mooresville 47, South Iredell 13
Mooresville Pine Lake Prep 49, Kernersville McGuinness 0
Morganton Freedom 37, South Caldwell 21
Mount Airy 62, North Stokes 0
Murphy 21, Hayesville 14
New Bern 54, Jacksonville Northside 26
New Hanover County 23, Wilmington Laney 21
Newton Grove Hobbton 44, Raleigh Wake Christian 10
North Brunswick 6, Wilmington Hoggard 0
North Duplin 27, Salemburg Lakewood 13
North Lincoln 28, Hickory St. Stephens 21
North Moore 42, Hickory Home School 0
North Pitt 50, Ayden-Grifton 0
Northern Nash 47, Nash Central 15
Northwest Cabarrus 48, China Grove Carson 0
Northwest Guilford 52, Northern Guilford 20
Oak Grove 30, North Davidson 14
Pamlico County 50, Lejeune 0
Perquimans 36, Washington County 34
Person 41, Orange 3
Pfafftown Reagan 42, West Forsyth 39
Pikeville Aycock 34, Wilson Fike 27
Princeton 55, Goldsboro 0
R-S Central 36, Morganton Patton 34
Raleigh Athens Drive 32, Raleigh Enloe 28
Raleigh Broughton 36, Raleigh Sanderson 29
Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 38, Raleigh Leesville Road 7
Randleman 30, Providence Grove 14
Richlands 30, Croatan 0
Richmond County 34, Cameron Union Pines 23
Robbinsville 30, Cherokee 13
Robert B. Glenn 21, Winston-Salem Reynolds 0
Rocky Mount 41, Roanoke Rapids 14
Rocky Point Trask 14, East Columbus 8
Rolesville 35, Raleigh Millbrook 6
Salisbury 56, East Davidson 7
Shelby Crest 73, North Gaston 6
Smithfield-Selma 20, West Johnston 13
South Brunswick 52, Wilmington Ashley 7
South Johnston 42, Southern Wayne 7
Southeast Guilford 36, Southwest Guilford 0
Southeast Raleigh 23, Garner 14
Southern Alamance 53, Northern Durham 6
Southern Durham 63, Granville Central 0
Southern Guilford 20, Greensboro Smith 14
Southern Nash 49, Bunn 14
Southern Pines Pinecrest 40, Lee County 23
Southwest Onslow 55, South Lenoir 28
Southwestern Randolph 56, Trinity Wheatmore 25
Spring Lake Overhills 27, Fayetteville Westover 14
St. Pauls 51, Newton Grove Midway 22
Statesville 16, West Iredell 0
Swannanoa Owen 43, Rosman 0
Swansboro 41, Holly Ridge Dixon 14
Tarboro 54, Robersonville South Creek 0
Thomasville 26, South Davidson 8
Thomasville Ledford 42, Montgomery Central 0
Topsail 28, West Brunswick 21
Valdese Draughn 56, Madison County 7
Vance County 27, South Granville 13
Wake Forest 48, Raleigh Wakefield 10
Wake Forest Heritage 21, Knightdale 20
Walkertown 20, North Forsyth 12
Warren County 56, Rocky Mount Prep 6
Warsaw Kenan 35, Kinston 12
Watauga County 34, Alexander Central 20
Waxhaw Marvin Ridge 44, Waxhaw Cuthbertson 0
Waynesville Tuscola 42, East Henderson 28
Weldon 38, Northwest Halifax 20
West Columbus 54, South Columbus 38
West Craven 28, Farmville Central 18
West Henderson 45, Canton Pisgah 21
West Lincoln 35, Newton-Conover 26
West Stokes 14, Andrews 13
West Stokes 14, High Point Andrews 13
Western Guilford 27, Greensboro Page 21
Whiteville 28, Pender County 6
Wilkes Central 50, North Wilkes 26
Wilson Hunt 20, East Wake 13
Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 34, Davie County 25