The Virginia City Muckers are taking a road trip to take on the Eureka Vandals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both 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: Mineral County, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Virginia City was ranked fourth). Virginia City blew past Mineral County 48-27 on Saturday. With that victory, the Muckers brought their scoring average up to 26.4 points per game.
Angel Hipolito was his usual excellent self, rushing for 333 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Virginia City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Virginia City's defense and their three sacks. Silas Green was especially locked on to Mineral County's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Eureka blew past Carlin, posting a 46-14 win at home. Considering the Vandals have won four games by more than 21 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory made it two in a row for Virginia City and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Eureka, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Virginia City lost to Eureka on the road by a decisive 38-20 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Virginia City, Anthony Minoletti (who rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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