The Clover Hill Cavaliers will head out to face off against the Midlothian Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Clover Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight losses, while Midlothian will come in with three straight victories.
Clover Hill's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Cosby on Friday. They were beaten by the Titans 32-0. That's two games in a row now that the Cavaliers have lost by exactly 32 points.
Meanwhile, Midlothian hadn't done well against Manchester recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. Midlothian managed a 25-20 win over Manchester.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Midlothian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gibson Gross, who threw for 159 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 32 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Midlothian's defense and their four sacks. Jeremiah (Jj) West was especially locked on to Manchester's QB and sacked him twice. West also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Bennett Mccandless was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 15 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Clover Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Midlothian, their record is now 3-1.
Clover Hill was dealt a bruising 44-8 loss at the hands of Midlothian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Clover Hill, Chase Chambers (who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns) 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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