Football Preview: Garden County Eagles vs. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs
The Garden County Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs. Garden County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season.
Garden County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Red Cloud , sneaking past 22-20.
The critical scores for Garden County came from Wilsie Lobner, Kyan Kramer, and Kole Fornander.
Garden County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 207 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 60-25 victory over Diller-Odell. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 23 points or more this season.
Maddox Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 130 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Cohen Rohde, who gained 82 total yards and two touchdowns.
Garden County's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 10-0.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Garden County has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 299 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Sumner-Eddyville-Miller struggles in that department as they've been averaging 238.8. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Garden County strolled past Sumner-Eddyville-Miller in their previous meeting back in October of 2016 by a score of 54-35. Will Garden County repeat their success, or does Sumner-Eddyville-Miller have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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