#18 Mallard Creek (NC) wins battle of state champs

TOPICS:Dillon High School high school football Mallard Creek High School North Carolina South Carolina

Mallard Creek Mavericks football

Posted By: Jeff Fisher August 19, 2016

Mallard Creek, ranked #18 in the High School Football America Preseason Top 25, opened the 2016 season with a hard fought 7-3 win over Dillon from South Carolina Friday night. The Mavericks have won three straight North Carolina 4AA state titles, while Dillon has won four straight South Carolina 2A titles.

Mallard Creek took a 7-0 halftime lead and held-on in the second half.

TOUCHDOWN @MC_mavsfb @mcmavsathletics pic.twitter.com/mq6pF80CE7
— Chris Hughes (@ChrisHughesCP) August 20, 2016

The loss snapped Dillon’s 37-game win streak.

Post game talk @MC_mavsfb #CreekLife pic.twitter.com/TAzn9HuWYb
— Mallard Creek Sports (@mcmavsathletics) August 20, 2016

Next-up for Mallard Creek is Butler, which opened with a 55-7 win over Olympic Friday night. Last season the Mavericks beat Butler twice, one in the regular season and then in the second round of the playoffs.

On Sunday, Mallard Creek fans can find-out where the Mavs are in our latest High School Football America national rankings when the are released at noon Pacific Time.

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Jeff Fisher

Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.