Preview: Yutan Chieftains vs. St. Cecilia Bluehawks
The Yutan Chieftains will head out on the road to face off against the St. Cecilia Bluehawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Yutan had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past Tekamah-Herman 56-6 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as Yutan just coasted through the last quarter.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Yutan to victory, but perhaps none more so than Derek Wacker, who gained 174 total yards. Yutan also got a significant boost from Jesse Kult, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 124 yards.
Meanwhile, St. Cecilia put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. They claimed a resounding 47-19 victory over Doniphan-Trumbull at home.
Dawson Kissinger had a dynamite game for St. Cecilia, rushing for 200 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Kissinger is on a roll when it comes to solo tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played. Chase Evans was another major influence, as he rushed for 117 yards and ran in a TD.
St. Cecilia's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. Doniphan-Trumbull's QB won't forget Kissinger anytime soon given Kissinger sacked him four times.
Yutan's win was their fourth straight on the road, which bumped their overall record up to 7-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.8 points per game. As for St. Cecilia, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Yutan lost to St. Cecilia on the road by a decisive 27-12 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2015. Can Yutan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
