Football Preview: Ten Sleep Pioneers vs. Meeteetse Longhorns
Ten Sleep is 0-8 against Meeteetse since September of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Ten Sleep Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Meeteetse Longhorns at 7:00 p.m.
Ten Sleep played against Burlington and lost via forfeit.
Last Friday, Meeteetse didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Hulett, but they still walked away with a 53-48 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Longhorns.
Jacob Moody had a dynamite game for Meeteetse, rushing for 171 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Lewis Hesselbacher, who gained 95 total yards and a touchdown.
Meeteetse's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Aiden Elliott and Max Potas. The dominant performance also gave Potas a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meeteetse was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 335 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in six consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Ten Sleep is on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3. As for Meeteetse, their record now sits at 2-0.
Ten Sleep was dealt a bruising 66-7 loss at the hands of Meeteetse when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Ten Sleep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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