Huguenot is 2-7 against L.C. Bird since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Huguenot Falcons will take on the L.C. Bird Skyhawks at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Huguenot sitting on six straight victories and L.C. Bird on four.
Huguenot will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Manchester, who they had gone 0-8 against in their eight prior meetings. Huguenot blew past Manchester 32-7 on Friday. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Lancers are ranked 87th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Huguenot can attribute much of their success to John Washington, who rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and Linwood Johnson, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Washington's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 116 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Huguenot was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, everything went L.C. Bird's way against Powhatan last Friday as L.C. Bird made off with a 41-20 win. Considering the Skyhawks have won five contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jason Wright had a dynamite game for L.C. Bird, throwing for 351 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushing for 35 yards and a touchdown. Amare Bunch was in the mix too, providing L.C. Bird with two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was L.C. Bird's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jae'Mon Seigler and Jaqui Vaughan, who racked up five sacks between them. Seigler also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Emery Pope was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Huguenot pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for L.C. Bird, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Huguenot has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 205.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like L.C. Bird struggles in that department as they've been averaging 241.3. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Huguenot skirted past L.C. Bird 12-9 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Huguenot since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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