The Worthing Colts's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Chapel Hill Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Worthing is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 35-28 win over Almeta Crawford.
It was another big night for Vashawn Smith, who rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. Another receiver making a difference was Jacory Thurman, who picked up 145 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Worthing was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill beat Hargrave 44-35 on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Falcons are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rickey Stewart was his usual excellent self, rushing for 331 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 54 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Malik Gee, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Chapel Hill wouldn't let Hargrave keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chapel Hill can thank Trevor Brooks and Joshua Castaneda for forcing both of them. Brooks has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 14 times he's played.
Chapel Hill has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.3 points per game. As for Worthing, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
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