Football Game Preview: Encampment Tigers vs. HEM Miners

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Previous 4 Games

10/18/24 - Away	71-24 W
09/22/23 - Home	77-6 W
09/23/22 - Away	70-0 W
10/09/21 - Away	58-12 W

Encampment is a perfect 4-0 against HEM since October of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Miners at 11:30 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Encampment has five straight wins, HEM has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Encampment is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Dubois, who was ranked 11th at the time (Encampment was ranked second). The Tigers took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-14 victory over the Rams. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-24, which was the final score in HEM's tilt against Little Snake River on Saturday.

Encampment's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for HEM, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.

Everything came up roses for Encampment against HEM when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 71-24 victory. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Miners have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.