Football Preview: Milford Eagles vs. Minden Whippets
The Milford Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Minden Whippets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Milford's defense has only allowed 15.8 points per game this season, so Minden's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Milford's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Lincoln Christian on Friday. They were beaten by the Crusaders 31-0. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Minden, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They came out on top against Holdrege by a score of 20-13 on Friday. The Whippets' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Orrin Kuehn continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 242 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 74 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Minden's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cael Smith and Kuehn, who racked up five sacks between them. The dominant performance gave Kuehn a new career-high in rushing yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, Milford fell to 4-1. As for Minden, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.
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