Football Preview: Cuba Wildcats vs. Perryville Pirates
Cuba has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Perryville Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cuba is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Bayless/Hancock on Friday as Cuba made off with a 42-22 win.
Jesse Elrod was his usual excellent self, rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 110 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Paco Leos, who rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Perryville entered their tilt with Herculaneum on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They claimed a resounding 49-8 victory over the Black Cats at home. 49 seems to be a good number for the Pirates as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
The victory got Cuba back to even at 4-4. As for Perryville, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
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