Football Game Preview: Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals vs. Fillmore Central Panthers

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2025, 12:21am

Football Preview: Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals vs. Fillmore Central Panthers

The Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals will head out to square off against the Fillmore Central Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Doniphan-Trumbull's defense has only allowed 10.2 points per game this season, so Fillmore Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.

Doniphan-Trumbull is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Superior: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Cardinals blew the Wildcats out of the water with a 44-14 final score. The Cardinals haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.

Luke Askey

Receiving Touchdowns (Career)

10/03/25 @ Superior2
11/01/24 @ Wood River1
10/11/24 vs Fillmore Central1
09/06/24 @ Centura1

Doniphan-Trumbull can attribute much of their success to Luke Askey, who picked up 53 receiving yards and a pair of scores. The dominant performance also gave Askey a new career-high in receiving touchdowns (two).

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Doniphan-Trumbull proved: they limited Superior to a paltry 3.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Andrew Waters for the heroic effort on defense: he. Doniphan-Trumbull's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 3.2 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 8.7 on average over their last five games.

Meanwhile, Fillmore Central was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 25-20 to Wood River. While the Panthers had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Eagles 7-0.

Doniphan-Trumbull will have to contain Preston Komenda as he made an impact in Fillmore Central's last game. He threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 33 yards.

Fillmore Central's loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Doniphan-Trumbull, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.

Doniphan-Trumbull took their victory against Fillmore Central when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 49-27 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cardinals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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