Football Preview: Anselmo-Merna Coyotes vs. Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades
The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes will head out to take on the Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Anselmo-Merna will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-20, which was the final score in Anselmo-Merna's tilt against Central Valley on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Cougars are ranked ninth).
Even though they lost, Anselmo-Merna was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Chambers/Wheeler Central entered their match against Twin Loup on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Chambers/Wheeler Central was dealt a 57-26 loss at the hands of Twin Loup. The Renegades were down 43-20 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Despite the defeat, Chambers/Wheeler Central got top-tier performance from Cooper Pokorny, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown. Pokorny's longest rush was for an impressive 65 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Mason Knox was in the mix as well, providing Chambers/Wheeler Central with two touchdowns.
Anselmo-Merna's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Chambers/Wheeler Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Anselmo-Merna took a serious blow against Chambers/Wheeler Central when the teams last played back in November of 2015, falling 56-24. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Anselmo-Merna was down 30-6.
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