Saints dominate early, hold off Golden Falcons to claim rivalry victory on senior night

DUDLEY — The Southern Wayne Saints gave their homecoming and senior night crowd plenty to celebrate Friday night, using a dominant first-half performance to secure a 34-14 victory over cross-county rival Charles B. Aycock in the regular-season finale. With both teams looking to keep their postseason hopes alive in the Big East 5A Conference, the rivalry matchup carried plenty of weight. Despite entering the contest with records of 3-6 overall for Southern Wayne and 2-7 for Charles B. Aycock, neither team was short on motivation in one of Wayne County’s biggest rivalry games. The Saints established control early, scoring 26 unanswered points in the first half before the Golden Falcons attempted to rally in the second half. Southern Wayne answered with another touchdown and a key two-point conversion to keep its advantage and close out the regular season with a 34-14 win.

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