The Cabell Midland Knights will face off against the Hurricane Redskins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cabell Midland is looking for their season's first victory.
Cabell Midland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Spring Valley, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Cabell Midland was ranked 21st). Cabell Midland took a blow against Spring Valley last Friday, falling 49-19.
Meanwhile, Hurricane came up short against DeWitt on Friday and fell 70-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (49), the Redskins still had to take the loss.
Hurricane might have lost, but man, Noah Vellaithambi was a machine: he threw for 413 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Vellaithambi is now averaging an impressive 107.2 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Sha'Lik Hampton, who picked up 167 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Hurricane was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in 15 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Cabell Midland's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Hurricane, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Cabell Midland couldn't quite finish off Hurricane in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 31-28. Can Cabell Midland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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