Laney HS improved to 3-0 and South Mecklenburg improved to 3-0-1 in North Carolina school action over the weekend, and both are chasing Hough, which also won.
Both Laney and South Meck expected close games and both got them. Hough, meanwhile, won relatively comfortably over Clover HS, as expected, to improve to 4-0.
South Meck held off Myers Park 15-7. It was a high-contact game at the Matthews Sportsplex. Myers Park looked to punch through South Meck on the interior channels, but the South Meck defense held for much of the game.
Meanwhile, South Meck looked to stretch the Myers Park defense and play wide.
In the end Myers Park managed to bust through once, in the second half. South Meck scored three times to win 15-7 and stay unbeaten.
