Mathews High School quarterback Ben Stroud (#2) hands the ball off to running back Aidan West (#12) in Friday’s scrimmage against Middlesex on the Blue Devils’ home field. Mathews and Middlesex will face off again this Friday in the season opener, which will be held on the Chargers’ field in Saluda, beginning at 7 p.m. The same two teams will meet one last time in the regular season finale on Thursday, Nov. 4, at MHS’s Ken Brown Field.
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