Heritage High running back Ricky Person Jr. scored three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) as North Carolina blew out South Carolina 55-24 in the annual game between the states’ best high school senior football players.
It’s the most any North Carolina team has ever scored in the bowl’s history, which dates back to 1937. North Carolina has won three straight, though South Carolina leads 44-33-4 overall. North Carolina’s special teams were key: in the first half alone, the team returned a kickoff for touchdown and blocked both an extra point and a punt.
Person, an N.C. State recruit, was one of several area high school stars that had big days in the game, played at Wofford College in South Carolina.