Football Preview: Centennial Broncos vs. Heartland Huskies
The Centennial Broncos will head out to square off against the Heartland Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Centennial is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with 12 defeats in a row dating back to last season, Centennial finally turned things around against Mead on Friday. They snuck past the Raiders with a 24-18 victory. The Broncos' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Ryan Richters was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Centennial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Heartland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 60-8 loss at the hands of Shelby-Rising City. While losing is never fun, Heartland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 117th, while Shelby-Rising City is ranked tenth).
Heartland's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Nevada Gloystein, who gained 86 total yards and a touchdown, and Carter Siebert, who gained 124 total yards.
Centennial's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-3. As for Heartland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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