Football Preview: Anselmo-Merna Coyotes vs. Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades
The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes will venture away from home to challenge the Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Anselmo-Merna is looking for their season's first win.
Last Friday, Anselmo-Merna was beaten by Central Valley 68-20. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Cougars are ranked ninth).
Even though they lost, Anselmo-Merna was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Chambers/Wheeler Central entered their game against Twin Loup on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Chambers/Wheeler Central took a blow against Twin Loup, falling 57-26. The Renegades were down 43-20 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Despite the loss, Chambers/Wheeler Central got top-tier performance from Cooper Pokorny, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown. Pokorny got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards. Mason Knox was in the mix too, providing Chambers/Wheeler Central with two touchdowns.
Anselmo-Merna's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Chambers/Wheeler Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Anselmo-Merna was taken down by Chambers/Wheeler Central 56-24 when the teams last played back in November of 2015. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Anselmo-Merna was down 30-6.
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