Football Preview: New Castle Hurricanes vs. Highlands Golden Rams
The New Castle Hurricanes will square off against the Highlands Golden Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
New Castle will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 23-point they dealt Hopewell on Friday. Everything went New Castle's way against Hopewell as New Castle made off with a 42-19 win.
Kyrell Harris went supernova for New Castle, throwing for 234 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown. Ameir Akins was Harris' top target, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Highlands won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Elizabeth Forward 53-52.
New Castle's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Highlands, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
New Castle was able to grind out a solid victory over Highlands when the teams last played back in November of 2021, winning 31-19. Will New Castle repeat their success, or does Highlands have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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