SILER CITY — The 2023 prep football season is officially underway and each of Chatham County’s four varsity football teams were in action Friday night. The first week of the new season unfortunately mirrored the final week of last season for the local teams as none of them could muster a win.
Chatham Central, under new head coach Derrin Little, opened on the road at North Stokes and had the closest contest of the night losing 22-20. The Bears (0-1) open their season with three-straight road games and will next travel to Denton to face South Davidson (1-0) who defeated Jordan-Matthews last week.
Mitch Johnson's first season with Northwood started with a two-touchdown loss to Riverside (Durham) 35-21. The Chargers (0-1) will host a second-straight home game Friday against Union Pines (0-1).
Jordan-Matthews dropped its home opener 49-13 to South Davidson. The Jets (0-1) have won only one game over the past three seasons and have lost 28 of their last 29 games. They will look to break a 12-game losing streak next week at Carrboro (0-1).