Football Preview: Yorktown Wildcats vs. Charlotte Trojans
The Yorktown Wildcats will challenge the Charlotte Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Yorktown is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Pettus 63-19 at home on Friday. Considering the Wildcats have won three games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Brody Metting and Mckenzie Yanta were among the main playmakers for Yorktown as the former rushed for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Yanta is now averaging an impressive 100.7 rushing yards per game. Daylon Meyer made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Yorktown wouldn't let Pettus keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Yorktown can thank Rylan Rau and Colton Rogers for forcing both of them. Rau also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Adam Serbin was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 393 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Charlotte played against Shiner and lost via forfeit.
Yorktown pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Charlotte, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Yorktown against Charlotte in their previous meeting back in November of 2020, as the squad secured a 49-15 win. Does Yorktown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Charlotte turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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