The Cummings Cavaliers will face off against the Person Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cummings has given up an average of 36.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Cummings is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Eastern Alamance on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Cavaliers were beaten by the Eagles 57-13. The Cavaliers have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Cummings got top-tier performance from Jaidyn Briskey, who picked up 74 receiving yards and one touchdown, and also punched in one TD on the ground.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Person). They really took it to Graham for the full four quarters, racking up a 70-0 victory. The Rockets pushed the score to 49-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Devils had no chance of recovering from.
Person's win came from a few key players Cummings will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Elijah Thomas, who rushed for 152 yards and one score on only seven carries. Person is undefeated when Thomas posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 0-3 otherwise. Tae Winstead was another key player, gaining 118 total yards and three touchdowns.
Person was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 293 rushing yards. They are a perfect 3-0 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Person didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Gabe Cameron, Christian Phillips, and Ethan Norris picked up one apiece.
Cummings' defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Person, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-3.
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