Football Preview: Carlisle Indians vs. Cayuga Wildcats
Carlisle has gone 6-0 against Cayuga recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. After each having a week off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. Carlisle is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Carlisle is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were beaten by Shelbyville 64-33 two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 994th, while the Dragons are ranked 466th).
Meanwhile, Cayuga got themselves on the board against Inspired Vision last Friday, but Inspired Vision never followed suit. They claimed a resounding 55-0 victory over the EAGLES on the road.
Cayuga found their leader in underclassman Kase Dickson, who threw for 165 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Those 103 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Dickson. Another player making a difference was Dominic Johnson, who picked up 105 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cayuga was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 323 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Cayuga's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. The heavy lifting was done by Camron Stegall and Caiden Lightfoot, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Carlisle's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Cayuga, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Carlisle against Cayuga when the teams last played back in November of 2018, as the team secured a 56-6 victory. In that match, Carlisle amassed a halftime lead of 35-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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