Football Recap: Curlew Skates Past Columbia with Ease

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 9:22pm

Football Recap: Curlew Cougars vs. Columbia Lions

Curlew's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They breezed by the Columbia Lions on the road to the tune of 56-8. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won five contests by 22 points or more so far this season.

LOGAN RINGSTAD continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 168 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. QUIN DOYEN was in the mix too, providing Curlew with two touchdowns.

Curlew didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. DOYEN picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.

Curlew's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Columbia, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.

A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars dukes it out withOdessa at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Curlew is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 43.6 points per game this season. As for Columbia, they will head out to face off against Almira-Coulee-Hartline at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Almira-Coulee-Hartline's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.

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