Virginia City is 10-0 against Pyramid Lake since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Virginia City Muckers will head out on the road to square off against the Pyramid Lake Lakers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Virginia City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Wells, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Virginia City was ranked sixth). Virginia City breezed by Wells to the tune of 48-0 last Saturday. That 48 point margin sets a new team best for the Muckers this season.
Angel Hipolito continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 193 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Olee, who rushed for 51 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Virginia City's defense and their 10.5 sacks. Patrick Combs led the group effort, picking up five of those sacks all by himself. Gavin Waddell also sacked three sacks, which is notable because Virginia City is 2-1 when he posts at least one sack, but 1-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Pyramid Lake took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 44-8 victory over Wells. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lakers.
Virginia City is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Pyramid Lake, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Virginia City didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Pyramid Lake in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 28-24 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pyramid Lake's Cash Hall, who rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 68 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Virginia City still be able to contain Hall? There's only one way to find out.
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