The Mineral County Serpents will take on the Pyramid Lake Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mineral County will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Mineral County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Virginia City, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Mineral County was ranked third). Mineral County lost 48-27 to Virginia City on Saturday. The matchup marked the Serpents' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the loss, Mineral County had strong showings from Chase Reeves, who rushed for 146 yards on only 11 carries, and Andrew Stinson, who picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 146 rushing yards gave Reeves a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Pyramid Lake hadn't done well against Eureka recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. Pyramid Lake walked away with a 20-12 win over Eureka.
The defeat snapped Mineral County's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record. As for Pyramid Lake, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Mineral County might still be hurting after the 62-42 loss they got from Pyramid Lake when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pyramid Lake's Cash Hall, who rushed for 218 yards while picking up 12.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 108 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes. Now that Mineral County 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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