Football Preview: Lakota West Firebirds vs. St. Xavier Bombers
The Lakota West Firebirds will take on the St. Xavier Bombers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakota West is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.
Lakota West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Elder with a 20-14 win.
Winton Woods typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday St. Xavier proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 22-10. The victory was nothing new for the Bombers as they're now sitting on five straight.
St. Xavier can attribute much of their success to Chase Herbstreit, who rushed for 52 yards on only six carries, and also threw for 99 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Herbstreit has posted since back in September.
St. Xavier has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.6 points per game. As for Lakota West, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
Lakota West didn't have too much breathing room in their match against St. Xavier in their previous matchup back in August, but they still walked away with a 17-13 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Herbstreit, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lakota West still be able to contain Herbstreit? There's only one way to find out.
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