Football Preview: York Dukes vs. Scottsbluff Bearcats
The York Dukes will take on the Scottsbluff Bearcats at 6:55 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (York: 13.1, Scottsbluff: 8.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
York's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Seward on Friday. They came up short against the Bluejays, falling 26-0. While losing is never fun, the Dukes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Bluejays are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Scottsbluff had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They snuck past the Bison with a 20-14 win. The 20-point effort marked the Bearcats' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Scottsbluff relied on the efforts of Nate Kelley, who rushed for 122 yards on only 13 carries, and Desmonde Smith, who rushed for 122 yards. Smith's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards.
Scottsbluff was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 244 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
This is the second loss in a row for York and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Scottsbluff, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
York lost to Scottsbluff at home by a decisive 14-0 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can York avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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