Football Preview: Eureka Vandals vs. Virginia City Muckers
The Eureka Vandals's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Virginia City Muckers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eureka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Carlin, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Eureka was ranked sixth). Eureka simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Carlin 46-14 at home. The result was nothing new for the Vandals, who have now won four matchups by 22 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, everything went Virginia City's way against Mineral County on Saturday as Virginia City made off with a 48-27 win. With that victory, the Muckers brought their scoring average up to 26.4 points per game.
It was another big night for Angel Hipolito, who rushed for 333 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Virginia City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Virginia City's defense made their presence known, laying out Chase Reeves. three times. Silas Green was especially locked on to Mineral County's QB and sacked him twice.
Eureka's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-3. As for Virginia City, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Eureka strolled past Virginia City in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 38-20. Does Eureka have another victory up their sleeve, or will Virginia City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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