Football Preview: Cabell Midland Knights vs. South Charleston Black Eagles
Cabell Midland is 8-0 against South Charleston since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cabell Midland Knights will take on the South Charleston Black Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Cabell Midland will be strutting in after a win while South Charleston will be coming in after a loss.
Cabell Midland is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since November 10, 2023 on Friday. They breezed by Parkersburg at home to the tune of 48-21. The Knights pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Big Reds had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, South Charleston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 17th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Huntington, falling 59-14. While losing is never fun, the Black Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Highlanders are ranked fifth).
The win made it two in a row for Cabell Midland and bumps their season record up to 2-5. As for South Charleston, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Cabell Midland against South Charleston when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 75-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cabell Midland 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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