Football Preview: Mountain Island Charter Raptors vs. Carver Yellowjackets
Mountain Island Charter has gone 3-0 against Carver recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will host the Carver Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Island Charter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.9 points per game this season.
Last Friday, everything went Mountain Island Charter's way against Bishop McGuinness as Mountain Island Charter made off with a 35-14 win. The result was nothing new for the Raptors, who have now won three contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Grayson Harvey looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 175 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 35 yards. Another player making a difference was Morgan Green, who rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mountain Island Charter was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 203.5.
Mountain Island Charter didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kayden Clark and Christan Jones. Jason Eaton was another major factor on D, picking up three sacks and making eight total tackles.
Meanwhile, Carver came into Friday's match having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Pine Lake Prep on Friday, sneaking past 28-26.
The victory got Mountain Island Charter back to even at 4-4. As for Carver, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
Mountain Island Charter was able to grind out a solid victory over Carver in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 27-14. Will Mountain Island Charter repeat their success, or does Carver have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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