Football Preview: Bozeman Hawks vs. Russell Rustlers
Bozeman is 9-0 against Russell since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Bozeman Hawks will look to defend their home field against the Russell Rustlers at 7:00 p.m. Bozeman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.5 points per game this season.
Bozeman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Billings West, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Bozeman was ranked 20th). Bozeman lost to Billings West on the road by a 36-17 margin on Friday. The Hawks' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kash Embry and CJ Johnson. Johnson had a great game and threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes. Meanwhile, Embry was balling out in the loss, rushing for 46 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 102 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Russell didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Skyview on Friday, but they still walked away with a 15-9 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rustlers.
The critical scores for Russell came from Caleb Taylor and Ben Cunningham.
Bozeman's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-3. As for Russell, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Bozeman against Russell when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 28-0 victory. Will Bozeman repeat their success, or does Russell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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