Football Preview: Alma Cardinals vs. Dundy County-Stratton Tigers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals dukes it out withthe Dundy County-Stratton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Alma focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Alma is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Arapahoe on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Alma was dealt a 56-16 loss at the hands of Arapahoe. The defeat continues a trend for the Cardinals in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost six in a row.
Although Alma took the loss, they still got scores from Zavier Mitchell and Isaiah Neal.
Meanwhile, Dundy County-Stratton faced St. Patrick's in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Everything went Dundy County-Stratton's way against St. Patrick's as Dundy County-Stratton made off with a 42-21 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won four games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dundy County-Stratton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Alma's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Dundy County-Stratton, their victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Alma was dealt a bruising 48-0 defeat at the hands of Dundy County-Stratton in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Alma, Serbando Diaz (who rushed for 243 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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