Football Preview: Sugar-Salem Diggers vs. Kimberly Bulldogs
The Sugar-Salem Diggers will challenge the Kimberly Bulldogs at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sugar-Salem comes in on four and Kimberly on six.
Sugar-Salem is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to Snake River for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-7 victory. The result was nothing new for the Diggers, who have now won seven matches by 28 points or more so far this season.
Sugar-Salem's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kooper Mace, who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Mace a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Dawson Mcinelly, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Sugar-Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in 20 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Kimberly won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Fruitland 27-26.
Kimberly pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 48.7 points per game. As for Sugar-Salem, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Sugar-Salem couldn't quite finish off Kimberly in their previous meeting back in September and fell 17-14. Can Sugar-Salem avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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