Football Preview: Solomon Gorillas vs. Little River Redskins
The Solomon Gorillas will challenge the Little River Redskins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Solomon will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 50) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Canton-Galva , sneaking past 38-36.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Solomon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Breken Coup, who threw for 272 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per attempt. The dominant performance also gave Coup a new career-high in rushing yards. Matt Hamm-Jones helped Coup out on the ground, rushing for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Little River faced Central Plains in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Little River lost 66-44 to Central Plains. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (36), the Redskins still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Little River saw an underclassman step up: Jaren Garrison rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Little River is undefeated when Garrison posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Renken, who threw for 115 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Even though they lost, Little River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Solomon's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5. As for Little River, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Solomon was taken down by Little River 54-8 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Solomon, Andrew Smith (who rushed for 247 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 69 yards and a touchdown) 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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