New Castle put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Yough Cougars as the New Castle Hurricanes made off with a 27-7 victory. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 197th, while the Cougars are ranked 423rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kyrell Harris went supernova for New Castle, rushing for 122 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 83 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Harris a new career-high in rushing yards.
New Castle's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Chase Lemmon and Nate Mcknight.
New Castle's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Yough, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
New Castle will welcome Knoch at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Yough, they are taking a road trip to take on Blackhawk at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yough's defense has only allowed 14.2 points per game this season, so Blackhawk's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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