The McCormick Chiefs will venture away from home to challenge the Blackville-Hilda Fighting Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
McCormick is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Abbeville on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. McCormick had to suffer through a 48-6 loss at the hands of Abbeville. While losing is never fun, the Chiefs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Panthers are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, everything went Blackville-Hilda's way against Ridge Spring-Monetta on Friday as Blackville-Hilda made off with a 35-12 win. The Fighting Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 23 points or more this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Blackville-Hilda and bumps their season record up to 8-2. As for McCormick, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.
McCormick was taken down by Blackville-Hilda 47-20 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blackville-Hilda's Jaquel Holman, who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that McCormick 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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