Knights win Byrd Bowl in Camden, Panthers avenge loss to Bears

In area high school football games played Thursday evening, the Currituck County High School Knights held off the Camden County Bruins to win the Northeastern Coastal Conference game, 21-20.

Camden missed an extra point that would have tied the score with 4 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to win the Byrd Bowl played in Camden. The Bruins fell to 1-4 and 1-1 in the NCC while Currituck improved to 2-3 and 2-0 in the conference.

In other NCC play Thursday evening, the Pasquotank County High School Panthers avenged last season’s 66-0 road loss to Hertford County, defeating the Bears 20-7 at home.

The Panthers improved to 2-3 and 1-1 in the NCC while Hertford fell to 1-4 and 0-2 in the NCC.

The Perquimans County Pirates are idle this week.

The teams were playing Thursday night instead of Friday due to inclement weather expected Friday evening.