After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Matoaca is finally coming home. They will host the Colonial Heights Colonials at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Matoaca humbled Massaponax with a 47-19 victory. Fans of the Warriors have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Bryce Yates was a one-man wrecking crew for Matoaca as he threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Yates a new career-high in rushing yards. Dillon Newton-Short was Yates' top target, picking up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Colonial Heights was fully in charge two weeks ago, breezing past Nottoway 42-6 at home. With the Colonials ahead 28-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Matoaca's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Colonial Heights, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Matoaca strolled past Colonial Heights when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-6. Will Matoaca repeat their success, or does Colonial Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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