Football Preview: Oakley Plainsmen vs. Valley Heights Mustangs
The Oakley Plainsmen will challenge the Valley Heights Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Valley Heights took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Oakley, who comes in off a win.
Oakley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Stanton County to the tune of 56-9 on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Plainsmen needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Carsen Beal had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 23 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Oakley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jantz Lowrie and Eli Schmidt. Lowrie also made four total tackles, which is notable because Oakley is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise.
Oakley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Valley Heights' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They lost 46-26 to Marion. The Mustangs were down 38-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Oakley's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Valley Heights, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2.
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