Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Rockingham High Defeated Wilmington for East N.C. Championship, Nov. 27, 1924

Wilmington Ousted

Lumberton, Nov. 27—Playing before a record crowd here this afternoon, Rockingham High defeated Wilmington by a score of 16 to 0, and clinched the championship of Eastern North Carolina.

Rockingham completely outclassed the Wilmington pigskin outfit in every department of the game, winning by the heaviest margin yet piled up in an Eastern championship final game.

From the front page of The New Bernian, Nov. 28, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn96086034/1924-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/#words=NOVEMBER+28%2C+1924

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