The Hough Huskies will be playing at home against the Mallard Creek Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Hough's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Hough is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 47-3 win over Independence. With the Huskies ahead 33-3 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hough to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ralph (Trey) Blakeney, who threw for 170 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown. Blakeney is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played. Tyran Evans was in the mix too, providing Hough with two touchdowns.
Hough was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Hough's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Edward Conover was especially locked on to Independence's QB and sacked him twice.
Watauga typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Mallard Creek proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Pioneers 23-0. Given the Mavericks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Pioneers are ranked 29th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory (which was Mallard Creek's fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.3 points per game. As for Hough, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
Everything came up roses for Hough against Mallard Creek when the teams last played back in October, as the squad secured a 33-0 victory. Will Hough repeat their success, or does Mallard Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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