Football Preview: Pioneer Patriots vs. Woodland Wolves
Pioneer and Woodland are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Pioneer Patriots will host the Woodland Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Woodland took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Pioneer, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Pioneer made easy work of River Valley and carried off a 42-20 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Patriots.
Devion Corley and Nicco Hargrove were among the main playmakers for Pioneer as the former picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown and the latter rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Hargrove's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pioneer was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Woodland ended up a good deal behind Lincoln on Friday and lost 29-12. The Wolves have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pioneer's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Woodland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything went Pioneer's way against Woodland in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Pioneer made off with a 35-14 victory. Does Pioneer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Woodland turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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