Football Preview: Gross Catholic Cougars vs. Wahoo Warriors
The Gross Catholic Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Wahoo Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gross Catholic's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Nebraska City 44-0 at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Meanwhile, Wahoo put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 66-24 victory over Aurora on the road. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Huskies are ranked 57th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kip Brigham was a one-man wrecking crew for Wahoo as he rushed for 342 yards and seven touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brigham a new career-high in rushing yards.
Gross Catholic's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1. As for Wahoo, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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