Whiteville might be thinking it’s facing a mirror image in East Duplin when they face off in the fourth round of the 2-A state playoffs Friday night. Both teams
Two of the state's top offenses met up in Durham on Thursday night in the second round of the 4A playoffs, as top-seeded Hillside survived a scare from 16-seed Hillside by a 46-43 margin.
Talented QB and RB Wilson Kargbo Jr. and Jimmyll Williams are helping coach Ray Harrison lead Hillside back to the forefront of high school football in North Carolina.
No. 5 Hillside jumped out to a 30-point lead and never looked back as the Hornets defeated Southern Alamanace 44-22 on Friday in the regular-season finale to claim the DAC-VII conference title.
Balanced and prolific on offense, Hillside recorded three of its six touchdowns through the air and the other three via the ground game. In the first half alone, quarterback Wilson Kargbo Jr. threw two touchdown passes and ran for another.