The Deer Trail Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Cheraw Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Deer Trail blew past Manzanola, posting a 62-19 win at home. The game marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season.
Deer Trail got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Mursal Hussein out in front who picked up 97 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Hussein was even better on defense, forcing a fumble, making 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss), and defending a pass. Another pass catcher making a difference was Jayden Mingee, who picked up 113 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Deer Trail wouldn't let Manzanola keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Hussein, Mo Hussein, and Raul Manriquez-Bustamante picked up one apiece. Manriquez-Bustamante also passed for three passing touchdowns, which is notable because Deer Trail is 3-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cheraw). They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 60-8 victory over Wiley.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cheraw was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
The win made it two in a row for Deer Trail and bumps their season record up to 3-4. As for Cheraw, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-4.
Deer Trail skirted past Cheraw 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Does Deer Trail have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cheraw turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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