Football Preview: Prescott Curley Wolves vs. Bismarck Lions
Prescott is 10-0 against Bismarck since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Prescott Curley Wolves will head out on the road to face off against the Bismarck Lions at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated after seven-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Prescott at home against Parkers Chapel as the team secured a 49-6 win. The Curley Wolves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 35 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Bismarck's strategy against Harmony Grove on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bismarck blew Harmony Grove out of the water with a 52-16 final score. The Lions pushed the score to 33-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hornets had little chance of recovering from.
Bismarck can attribute much of their success to Preston Hughes, who rushed for 120 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and Caedmon Keithley, who gained 193 total yards and three touchdowns. Those 120 rushing yards gave Hughes a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Bismarck was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Prescott pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Bismarck, their record is now an identical 7-0.
Everything came up roses for Prescott against Bismarck in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 42-13 win. In that contest, Prescott amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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