Football Preview: Fayetteville Bulldogs vs. Bentonville West Wolverines
The Fayetteville Bulldogs will square off against the Bentonville West Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Fayetteville is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Texas just ended the team's 15-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They and the Tigers were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 55-54 loss. The loss was the Bulldogs' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Bentonville West is ranked highly in their home state and two weeks ago they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Muskogee. Bentonville West was just a hair shy of victory and fell 49-48 to Muskogee. The Wolverines' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it four in a row dating back to last season.
Bentonville West might have lost, but man, John Thompson was a machine: he threw for 426 yards and six touchdowns, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Thompson a new career-high in rushing yards. Braden Nash was another key player, gaining 103 total yards and a touchdown.
Having lost for the first time this season, Fayetteville fell to 2-1. As for Bentonville West, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for Fayetteville against Bentonville West when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 55-21 victory. In that contest, Fayetteville amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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