Football Preview: Hill City Ringnecks vs. Hoxie Indians
The Hill City Ringnecks will challenge the Hoxie Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hill City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past St. Francis, posting a 76-36 victory at home.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hill City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Hill City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dayton Stephen and Cameron Atkins. Stephen's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Hoxie put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 45-12 win over Decatur Community on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 26-6.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hoxie to victory, but perhaps none more so than Duncan Bell, who threw for 120 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Braydon Scheetz helped Bell out on the ground, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 32 receiving yards.
Hill City now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Hoxie, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Hill City has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 385.2 total yards per game. It's a different story for Hoxie, though, as they've been averaging only 222.8. Will Hill City be able to march up the field at their leisure again, or will Hoxie flip the script?
Hill City came up short against Hoxie in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 36-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bell, who threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown. Now that Hill City 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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