Football Preview: Crest Chargers vs. Huss Huskies
The Crest Chargers will venture away from home to challenge the Huss Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Crest's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 30-0 win over Forestview. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Jaguars are ranked 240th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Huss had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed by the Wildcats on the road to the tune of 46-0. Considering the Huskies have won four games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Javarion Brown, who threw for 220 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 31 yards. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. 110 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jakelan Littlejohn, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
The victory made it two in a row for Crest and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for Huss, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything came up roses for Crest against Huss when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 49-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Crest 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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