Football Preview: Culver Community Cavaliers vs. Caston Comets
Culver Community is 8-1 against Caston since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Culver Community Cavaliers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Caston Comets at 7:00 p.m. Culver Community is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Culver Community's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against North Judson-San Pierre on Friday. They took a blow against the Bluejays, falling 70-0. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 285th, while the Bluejays are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, Caston came into Friday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past South Central, posting a 48-14 win at home. The Comets' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Caston got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ashton Bowyer out in front who rushed for 173 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Bowyer a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jabez Yarber, who rushed for 73 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Caston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 342 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Culver Community's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Caston, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Culver Community was dealt a bruising 49-14 defeat at the hands of Caston in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yarber, who rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Culver Community knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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