Two dominant backs in Jaxyn Wilson and Kelvin Morrison are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Grove City Eagles will head out to square off against the Hickory Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Grove City has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Hickory will arrive with three straight wins.
Grove City's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Sharon on Friday. They took a blow against the Tigers, falling 35-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 363rd, while the Tigers are ranked 97th).
Meanwhile, Hickory really took it to Titusville for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-21 victory on the road. With the Hornets ahead 42-14 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Hickory relied on the efforts of Zander Telesz, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and Morrison, who rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave Telesz a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Jamal Calhoun, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hickory was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Hickory didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Khalil Houston and Jadon Phillips.
Grove City now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Hickory, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Grove City was taken down by Hickory 38-7 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Grove City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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