Football Preview: Hersey Huskies vs. Rolling Meadows Mustangs
The Hersey Huskies will face off against the Rolling Meadows Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hersey is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.4 points per game this season.
Hersey is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Prospect just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 30-27. While the Huskies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 7-6 in the first quarter.
Despite the defeat, Hersey got top-tier performance from Colton Gumino, who rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 144 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Gumino a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Brandon Jenkins, who rushed for 236 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.3 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hersey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, while Rolling Meadows put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Wheeling. Rolling Meadows took their match at home with ease, bagging a 42-0 victory over Wheeling. The matchup marked the Mustangs' most dominant win of the season.
Hersey's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Rolling Meadows, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Everything came up roses for Hersey against Rolling Meadows when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 42-7 win. In that contest, Hersey amassed a halftime lead of 35-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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