Football Preview: Marmaton Valley Wildcats vs. Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks
The Marmaton Valley Wildcats will head out to face off against the Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Marmaton Valley's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Marmaton Valley will head out to face Wheatland-Grinnell after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Marmaton Valley took an 84-78 hit to the loss column at the hands of Reno County HomeSchool. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (50), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Marmaton Valley's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brayden Lawson, who rushed for 143 yards and five touchdowns, and Cooper Scharff, who gained 226 total yards and four touchdowns. Scharff got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 71 yards. Another player making a difference was Jaedon Granere, who picked up 62 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Marmaton Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 309 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Even if they lost, Marmaton Valley's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Reno County HomeSchool's QB won't forget Lawson anytime soon given he sacked him twice. The dominant performance gave Lawson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Wheatland-Grinnell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a hard 20-6 fall against Logan/Palco.
Having lost for the first time this season, Marmaton Valley fell to 3-1. As for Wheatland-Grinnell, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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