Murfreesboro, N.C. – North Greenville improved to 2 – 0 in league play on Saturday afternoon with a 31 – 16 win over Chowan. North Greenville's defense held the Hawks to just six second half points in the winning effort while putting up a season high in rushing attempts and yardage. 
 
The Trailblazers finished the day with 56 – rushing attempts for 249 – total yards. Two players for North Greenville finished with 90+ yards while totaling three total rushing touchdowns. Ramirez, who leads the conference in passing attempts and yardage threw the ball just 17 – times as NGU leaned on the running game and defense. 
 
North Greenville defenders held the Hawks to just 271 – yards of total offense on the day. They held the hawks to just 4 of 11 on third down and sacked Chowan quarterbacks three times in the winning effort. 
 
North Greenville led 14 – 10 at halftime but created some separation in the third quarter. The Trailblazers scored a pair of touchdowns including one from Dylan Ramirez and one from Deshawn Thompkins, both of which were rushing touchdowns to make it 28 – 10.  Cillian Bonner's fourth quarter field goal would make it a 21 – point lead. 
 
Thompkins led NGU's rushing attack with 98 – yards on 19 – attempts and a touchdown. Bennett finished with 93 – yards on 15 – carries and a score. Bryson Oliver led North Greenville with five total tackles. Ashton Howard had three tackles and a sack.
 
Next Up
North Greenville heads to Due West to take on Erskine next week. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 PM.