By David Rogers for HighCountrySports.net
HUDSON, N.C. — With matching, 4-1 non-conference records, Watauga and South Caldwell meet on Sept. 29 at the Spartans’ stadium in Hudson for their respective Northwestern Conference football season openers. Both have played challenging non-conference opponents.
Watauga won early tilts against T C Roberson (42-13), Maiden (23-19), and Mitchell (28-21) before a Sept. 9 loss down the mountain at Burns (28-48) and a Homecoming win against Ashe County (55-21). South Caldwell did some regional damage, too, opening with a 28-7 win over West Caldwell, then losing to Hickory, 27-54, before closing out the non-conference slate with victories over the Hickory Hawks (28-7), Bandys (31-24), and Hibriten (35-34).