Football Preview: Hurricane Redskins vs. Cabell Midland Knights
Hurricane has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Cabell Midland Knights at 7:30 p.m. Hurricane knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Cabell Midland likes a good challenge.
Hurricane is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: DeWitt, who was ranked 17th at the time (Hurricane was ranked seventh). Hurricane fell 70-63 to DeWitt on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (49), the Redskins still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Hurricane got top-tier performance from Noah Vellaithambi, who threw for 413 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Vellaithambi is now averaging an impressive 107.2 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Sha'Lik Hampton, who picked up 167 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Hurricane was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Cabell Midland was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Spring Valley, falling 49-19.
Hurricane's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Cabell Midland, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Hurricane skirted past Cabell Midland 31-28 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Hurricane repeat their success, or does Cabell Midland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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