Football Game Preview: Billings Senior vs. Russell

By Staff Report Sep 14, 2018, 2:19am

Preview: Billings Senior vs. Russell

On Friday Billings Senior take on Russell at Great Falls at 7:00 PM. If you head out to watch the game, expect to stay the whole 48 minutes: the MaxPreps state rankings predict a close match.

Billings Senior ran circles around Skyview last week, and the extra yardage (481 yards vs. 221.1 yards) paid off. Billings Senior made easy work of Skyview and carried off a 47-16 victory. With Billings Senior ahead 33-3 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Meanwhile, Russell might have drawn first blood against Big Sky, but it was Big Sky who got the last laugh. Russell came up short against Big Sky, falling 14-24.

Billings Senior's win lifted them to 2-1 while Russell's defeat dropped them down to 1-2. In their win, Billings Senior relied heavily on senior Matthew Plasterer, who passed for 374 yards and 5 touchdowns; a key strategy for Russell will lie in finding a way to minimize his impact.


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