St. Charles hasn't had much luck against Huntingtown recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. St. Charles will be playing at home against the Huntingtown Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Charles took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past La Plata 34-0 at home. That looming 34-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for St. Charles yet this season.
Ahmad Griffith had a dynamite game for St. Charles, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Griffith is becoming a predictor of St. Charles' success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
St. Charles wouldn't let La Plata keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. St. Charles can thank Darius Gross and Jay Fuller for forcing all of them. St. Charles got some further help from Elijah Jones: he made six total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended three passes.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Huntingtown). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Chopticon 53-0 at home. The result was nothing new for the Hurricanes, who have now won four matchups by 35 points or more so far this season.
St. Charles' victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Huntingtown, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
St. Charles was taken down by Huntingtown 41-7 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Huntingtown's Brody Whittington, who picked up 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 40 yards and three touchdowns. Now that St. Charles knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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