On Saturday, Mineral County faced Virginia City in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mineral County Serpents came up short against the Virginia City Muckers, falling 48-27. The match marked the Serpents' lowest-scoring matchup 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. The dominant performance gave Reeves a new career-high in rushing yards.
Angel Hipolito continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Virginia City, rushing for 333 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Hipolito is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
The defeat snapped Mineral County's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record. As for Virginia City, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-3.
Mineral County will take on Pyramid Lake 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. As for Virginia City, they will face off against Eureka at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Virginia City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.4 points per game this season.
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