Football Preview: Southwest Roughriders vs. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs
The Southwest Roughriders will challenge the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southwest will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 31) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 41-39 win over Wauneta-Palisade.
A big part of Southwest's victory came down to the chemistry between Houston Billeter and his top target Deric Kelley. Billeter threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns while Kelley picked up 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Billeter is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Paxton with a sharp 44-21 win. Considering the Mustangs have won five contests by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Maddox Jones and he. Jones rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries while he rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries. Jordan Scoville's longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Southwest's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Southwest has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 281 passing yards per game. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 242.7 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Southwest was taken down by Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 62-6 when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Southwest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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