Football Preview: Bennington Bulldogs vs. Republic County Buffaloes
The Bennington Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Republic County Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 46-8, which was the final score in Bennington's tilt against Marion on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Warriors are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, Republic County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 21-20 to Lyons.
Although Republic County took the loss, they still got scores from Aden Morris, Levi White, and White.
Republic County wouldn't let Lyons keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Republic County can thank Kash Henke and Grady Siemsen for forcing both of them. Siemsen is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Even though they lost, Republic County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Bennington's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Republic County, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-3.
Bennington didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Republic County when the teams last played back in October of 2015, but they still walked away with a 32-26 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Republic County's Nick Allsman, who rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Bennington to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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