Football Preview: Midland Trail Patriots vs. Nicholas County Grizzlies
Midland Trail hasn't had much luck against Nicholas County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Midland Trail Patriots will head out to square off against the Nicholas County Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Midland Trail is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 46-20 margin over Summers County on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their six-point performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Nicholas County came out on top against Lincoln two weeks ago by a score of 41-14 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Coleton Hellems looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 14 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 110 yards on eight of 15 attempts.
Midland Trail's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Nicholas County, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Midland Trail was taken down by Nicholas County 38-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hellems, who threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 9-for-9 passing, and also rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown. Now that Midland Trail knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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