The Yorktown Wildcats will square off against the Louise Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.
Yorktown's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 56-0 win over Charlotte on the road. Considering the Wildcats have won four matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Yorktown's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Brody Metting, who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Mckenzie Yanta, who rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Louise). They enjoyed a cozy 41-24 victory over Pettus on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hornets considering their seven-point performance the match before.
Conner Gonzalez had a dynamite game for Louise, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, while also throwing for 65 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Gonzalez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Louise wouldn't let Pettus keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Louise can thank Gonzalez and Lake Wadsworth for forcing both of them. Wadsworth also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Louise is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Louise was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Yorktown's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Louise, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Yorktown has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 371.8 total yards per game. It's a different story for Louise, though, as they've been averaging only 211.9. Will Yorktown be able to march up the field at their leisure again, or will Louise flip the script?
Yorktown came up short against Louise in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 33-22. Thankfully for Yorktown, Tayveon Kimble (who rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also picked up 106 receiving yards and a touchdown) 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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