L.C. Bird is 7-2 against Huguenot since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The L.C. Bird Skyhawks have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Huguenot Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything went L.C. Bird's way against Powhatan as L.C. Bird made off with a 41-20 victory.
Jason Wright had an outrageously good game as he threw for 351 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Sirpaul Cheeks, who gained 192 total yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to L.C. Bird's defense and their ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jae'Mon Seigler and Jaqui Vaughan, who racked up five sacks between them. Seigler also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Emery Pope was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Huguenot put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 32-7 margin over Manchester. The 32-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Huguenot had a senior duo take command as John Washington rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry and Linwood Johnson rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Washington's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 116 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Huguenot was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
L.C. Bird pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Huguenot, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. L.C. Bird has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 241.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Huguenot struggles in that department as they've been averaging 205.7. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
L.C. Bird couldn't quite finish off Huguenot when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 12-9. Thankfully for L.C. Bird, Wright (who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 107 yards on five of 20 attempts) 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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