After starting their season with three straight games on the road, DeWitt is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Hurricane Redskins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
DeWitt is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Waverly: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that DeWitt blew Waverly out of the water with a 62-6 final score. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Meanwhile, Hurricane faced Parkersburg in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Hurricane simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Parkersburg 49-14 on the road. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Redskins.
Hurricane's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kylan Grace, who rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, and Noah Vellaithambi, who threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. Grace really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. Tyshawn Dues was Vellaithambi's top target, picking up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown.
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 contests dating back to last season.
One reason for the win was Hurricane's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. In that department, Cohen Lusher was the leader with two.
DeWitt pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Hurricane, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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