Football Preview: Midlothian Trojans vs. L.C. Bird Skyhawks
Midlothian is 1-7 against L.C. Bird since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Midlothian Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the L.C. Bird Skyhawks at 7:00 p.m. Midlothian is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Midlothian is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Huguenot just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They had to suffer through a 46-16 loss at the hands of the Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Falcons are ranked tenth).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Gibson Gross and Linwood Johnson. Johnson had a great game and threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Meanwhile, Gross was balling out in the loss, throwing for 191 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last matchup, L.C. Bird made sure to put some points up on the board against Cosby on Friday. L.C. Bird strolled past Cosby with points to spare, taking the game 42-27.
L.C. Bird can attribute much of their success to Jason Wright, who rushed for 27 yards and two touchdowns, and Sirpaul Cheeks, who gained 133 total yards and two touchdowns. Cheeks really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
L.C. Bird's record now sits at 6-3. As for Midlothian, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
Midlothian came up short against L.C. Bird in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 20-10. Thankfully for Midlothian, La'Tavion Lowe (who rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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