Two dominant backs in Marcus Horton and Lewis Crumwell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Weed Cougars will host the Modoc Braves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Weed blew past Mt. Shasta, posting a 48-14 win on the road. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 28 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Modoc). They were the clear victor by a 49-28 margin over Redding Christian last Friday. With that victory, the Braves brought their scoring average up to 28.2 points per game.
Modoc got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Crumwell out in front who rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Modoc is 2-1 when Crumwell posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Guasp, who gained 83 total yards and three touchdowns.
Modoc didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Landon Malcolm and Guasp. What's more, Guasp also racked up 15 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Modoc was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory got Weed back to even at 3-3. As for Modoc, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Weed didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Modoc in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 36-30 victory. Will Weed repeat their success, or does Modoc have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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