Football Preview: Big Sky Eagles vs. Billings West Golden Bears
The Big Sky Eagles will challenge the Billings West Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Big Sky is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Billings Senior as Big Sky made off with a 34-13 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
The critical scores for Big Sky came from Brady Williams, Avery Omlid, Titus Newman, Tanner Davis, and Eli Kasberg.
Big Sky was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 131.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 160.8.
Big Sky's defense made their presence known, laying out Ryder Murdock. six times. The heavy lifting was done by Carson Pesek and Colter Jensen, who racked up five sacks between them. Jensen 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.
Meanwhile, Billings West made easy work of Belgrade two weeks ago and carried off a 34-14 victory. The result was nothing new for the Golden Bears, who have now won three contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Malachi Claunch was a one-man wrecking crew for Billings West as he picked up 113 receiving yards, and also rushed for 73 yards on only seven carries. Claunch's longest rush was for an impressive 57 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Big Sky's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Billings West, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Big Sky lost to Billings West on the road by a decisive 28-10 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Big Sky avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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