The West Harrison Hurricanes will challenge the George County Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
George County is facing West Harrison at the wrong time: West Harrison suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. The contest between them and the Maroon Tide wasn't particularly close, with West Harrison falling 69-50. The Hurricanes have struggled against the Maroon Tide recently, as their game on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
West Harrison's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jordan Stapleton, who rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry, and Trey Harris, who rushed for 227 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Harris is now averaging an impressive 103 rushing yards per game. Another back making a difference was Sean Fairley, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: West Harrison was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 584 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 316 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, George County beat Hancock 51-41 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rebels.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Deuce Knight and Kaison Koenenn. Knight had a great game and threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes. Meanwhile, Koenenn was balling out in the loss, rushing for 202 yards and four touchdowns.
West Harrison's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for George County, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
West Harrison took a serious blow against George County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 54-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Knight, who threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns. Now that West Harrison knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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