The Sissonville Indians have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Nitro Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sissonville is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Winfield two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sissonville was beaten by Winfield 55-6. The Indians have struggled against the Generals recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Nitro came tearing into Friday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Generals by a score of 35-28. The score was all tied up 21-21 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Nitro to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Shafer, who picked up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Moody, who threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns.
Nitro didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Zaevyon Dickerson. Another thorn in Winfield's side was Wyatt Sowards, who picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles.
Sissonville's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Nitro, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Sissonville took a serious blow against Nitro when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 77-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moody, who threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Now that Sissonville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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