Davie pounds the Pirates

Predictably, the Davie football team twisted Lumberton into a pretzel, 50-23, in the first round of the 7A playoffs on Friday. The War Eagles, the No. 10 seed in the West Region, rang up the most points in their 50-game playoff history, surpassing the pair of 49s from 2004, when they beat Purnell Swett 49-0 and South Caldwell 49-6 in the first two rounds. Just like last year in coach Brian Hinson’s first year at the Davie helm, the War Eagles are 7-4 heading into the second round. For the 23rd-seeded Pirates, it was a brutal 181-mile trip. The long-downtrodden program finished 2-9 for its 14th losing season in 15 years. Its last winning season was 7-4 in 2011. Hinson had few complaints offensively after his offense scored on seven of nine possessions not counting the end of the first half and end of the game. But the defense got sloppy with the big lead, allowing three touchdowns in a span of five Lumberton possessions after shutting down the first five series for the Pirates.

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