Football Preview: New Castle Hurricanes vs. Yough Cougars
The New Castle Hurricanes will venture away from home to square off against the Yough Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Castle will be strutting in after a victory while Yough will be coming in after a defeat.
New Castle will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 23-point they dealt Hopewell last Friday. Everything went New Castle's way against Hopewell as New Castle made off with a 42-19 win.
Kyrell Harris had a dynamite game for New Castle, throwing for 234 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Ameir Akins was Harris' top target, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Yough might've scored the first points on Friday, but it was Ringgold who claimed the real prize. Yough fell just short of Ringgold by a score of 21-19. The Cougars have struggled against the Rams recently, as their contest on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The losing side was boosted by Ryan Sarver, who picked up 45 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Yough was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 253 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
New Castle's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Yough, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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