Football Preview: Webb City Cardinals vs. Republic Tigers
Webb City is 8-2 against Republic since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Webb City Cardinals will venture away from home to square off against the Republic Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Webb City finally turned things around against Neosho on Friday. They managed a 34-28 win over the Wildcats.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jackson Lucas and Cade Spiva. Lucas had a great game and rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Spiva was balling out in the loss, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 109 yards on ten of 20 attempts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Webb City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Republic came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 49-38 victory over the Eagles. 49 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Preston McCracken, who rushed for 327 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 145 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Owen Klier, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Webb City's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Republic, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Webb City has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 255.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Republic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 338.6. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Webb City and Republic were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, but Webb City suffered an agonizing 21-20 defeat. Thankfully for Webb City, Wyatt Woods (who rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and two touchdowns on only seven passes) 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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