Football Preview: Topeka Trojans vs. Pittsburg Dragons
The Topeka Trojans will venture away from home to challenge the Pittsburg Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Topeka is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Topeka's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Manhattan on Friday. They were beaten by the Indians 52-0. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Indians are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Pittsburg didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Chanute on Friday, but they still walked away with a 41-35 victory.
Pittsburg's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nate Mitchell, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and Carsen Nickelson, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Nickelson didn't just play on offense: he also made ten total tackles and defended a pass. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Tanner Ramage, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pittsburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Pittsburg wouldn't let Chanute keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pittsburg can thank Barrett Rink and Danny Durden for forcing both of them. Pittsburg got some further help from Parker Pinamonti: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Topeka's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Pittsburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
