The Hurricane Redskins will take on the DeWitt Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Hurricane is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Parkersburg, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Hurricane was ranked fifth). Hurricane blew past Parkersburg 49-14 on the road on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Redskins.
Kylan Grace and Noah Vellaithambi were among the main playmakers for Hurricane as the former rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry and the latter threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Grace a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (116 yards to be exact) went to Ja?Lei Burnette.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hurricane was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in 14 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hurricane's defense and their six sacks. Parkersburg's QB won't forget Cohen Lusher anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, DeWitt put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Waverly 62-6 on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-6.
Hurricane now has a winning record of 2-1. As for DeWitt, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
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