Football Preview: White Pine Bobcats vs. Dayton Dust Devils
The White Pine Bobcats will take on the Dayton Dust Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. White Pine's offense hasn't had much luck over their past eight matchups, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
White Pine's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Lincoln County on Thursday. They were beaten by the Lynx 40-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Dayton). They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging a 57-0 victory over Coral Academy of Science - Reno. The result was nothing new for the Dust Devils, who have now won four matches by 22 points or more so far this season.
Dayton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Duke Evans, who rushed for 192 yards on only 13 carries, and River Aten, who threw for 147 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Aten is becoming a predictor of Dayton's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Trevor Gardner also helped out with an impressive 82 receiving yards.
White Pine's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Dayton, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
White Pine was taken down by Dayton 36-6 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dayton's Tristan Johnston, who rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 31 receiving yards. Now that White Pine knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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