Football Preview: Colonial Heights Colonials vs. Prince George Royals
The Colonial Heights Colonials will head out to square off against the Prince George Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Colonial Heights is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Colonial Heights' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Dinwiddie on Friday. They took a blow against the Generals, falling 61-0. While losing is never fun, the Colonials can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Generals are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prince George). They put the hurt on Meadowbrook with a sharp 40-20 victory on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Royals.
Lawrence Hewlett Jr. was his usual excellent self, rushing for 195 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another signal caller making a difference was Jovan Miles, who threw for 184 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Prince George was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Colonial Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Prince George, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season.
Colonial Heights strolled past Prince George when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 32-13. The rematch might be a little tougher for Colonial Heights since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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