Football Preview: Custer Wildcats vs. Rapid City Christian Comets
The Custer Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rapid City Christian Comets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Custer is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Belle Fourche 32-12 on Friday.
Custer got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ayden Petz out in front who threw for 165 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown. Those 34 rushing yards gave Petz a new career-high. Another rusher making a difference was Daniel Immormino, who gained 84 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Rapid City Christian entered their tilt with Lead-Deadwood on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 42-0 win over the Golddiggers on the road. The Comets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 38 points or more this season.
Custer's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5. As for Rapid City Christian, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Custer couldn't quite finish off Rapid City Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 14-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rapid City Christian's Braylon Marshall, who rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Custer knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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