The Hickman Kewpies will head out to take on the Capital City Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Hickman is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They took a blow against Helias, falling 90-28. While losing is never fun, the Kewpies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Crusaders are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, everything went Capital City's way against Battle/Columbia Independent on Friday as Capital City made off with a 42-18 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cavaliers.
Jaylen Thomas had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 51 yards. Evan Schaffer was another key player, throwing for 202 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Another reason for the win was Capital City's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. Braxton Keeran was especially locked on to Battle/Columbia Independent's QB and sacked him three times. Keeran also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up three sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). Capital City got some further help from Matthew Wiegand: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Hickman's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Capital City, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Hickman was taken down by Capital City 59-16 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hickman was down 45-8.
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