On Saturday, Virginia City faced Mineral County in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Virginia City Muckers put the hurt on the Mineral County Serpents with a sharp 48-27 victory. With that win, the Muckers brought their scoring average up to 26.4 points per game.
Angel Hipolito was his usual excellent self, rushing for 333 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Virginia City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Virginia City's defense made their presence known, laying out Chase Reeves. three times. In that department, Silas Green was the leader with two sacks.
Mineral County's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Reeves, who rushed for 146 yards on only 11 carries, and Andrew Stinson, who picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 146 rushing yards gave Reeves a new career-high.
The victory made it two in a row for Virginia City and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Mineral County, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record.
Virginia City will head out to square off against Eureka at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Virginia City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.4 points per game this season. As for Mineral County, they will host Pyramid Lake at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mineral County will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
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