Football Preview: Mountain Home Bombers vs. Greenwood Bulldogs
Mountain Home is 0-7 against Greenwood since October of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Mountain Home Bombers will face off against the Greenwood Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mountain Home comes in on four and Greenwood on 22.
Last Friday, Mountain Home blew past Van Buren, posting a 42-7 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bombers just coasted through the last quarter.
Meanwhile, Greenwood was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Southside 70-28. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked third, while the Mavericks are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kane Archer and Jayden Webb. Archer had a great game and threw for 368 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 85.2% of his passes. Meanwhile, Webb was balling out in the loss, rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Greenwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zack Zitzmann and Thomas Newcity. Another thorn in Southside's side was Cash Archer, who forced a fumble and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Greenwood pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40 points. As for Mountain Home, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Mountain Home was dealt a bruising 56-14 defeat at the hands of Greenwood in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Mountain Home, Brayedan Davis (who rushed for 185 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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