Football Game Preview: Silver Lake Mustangs vs. Red Cloud Warriors

The Silver Lake Mustangs will face off against the Red Cloud Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Silver Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 43.2 points per game this season.

Silver Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Dorchester 66-12 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 53-0.

Jaxon Tenbensel

Rushing Yards

10/03/25 @ Dorchester	173
09/26/25 vs Sterling	65
09/12/25 @ Stuart	86
09/05/25 vs Ansley/Litchfield	61
08/28/25 @ Shelton	173

It was another big night for Jaxon Tenbensel, who rushed for 173 yards and three TDs on only seven carries, and also picked up 45 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 111.6 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Beau Bonifas, who threw for 86 yards and three TDs on only eight passes.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Silver Lake proved: they limited Dorchester to a paltry 1.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Brody Knehans for the heroic effort on defense: he. Silver Lake didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 16.1.

Red Cloud played against Harvard on Friday and won via forfeit.

The win keeps Red Cloud at an undefeated 5-0. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 50.0 points this season. As for Silver Lake, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.

Silver Lake took a serious blow against Red Cloud in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 53-22. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Warriors' Hunter Englehart, who rushed for 72 yards and a pair of scores on only nine carries. Now that the Mustangs know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.