The Rolling Meadows Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Hersey Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hersey took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Rolling Meadows, who comes in off a win.
Rolling Meadows' defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Wheeling 42-0 at home. The Mustangs' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Hersey's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Prospect by a score of 30-27. While the Huskies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 7-6 in the first quarter.
Despite the defeat, Hersey got top-tier performance from Colton Gumino, who rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 144 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Gumino a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Brandon Jenkins, who rushed for 236 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.3 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hersey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Rolling Meadows' victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Hersey, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Rolling Meadows took a serious blow against Hersey when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 42-7. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rolling Meadows was down 35-0.
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