Football Preview: McCook Bison vs. Hastings Tigers
The McCook Bison are taking a road trip to take on the Hastings Tigers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
McCook's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 52-0 victory over Lexington. That 52 point margin sets a new team best for the Bison this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Lee Davidson and he. Davidson rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries while he rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 84 yards. Trenton Raile was another key player, rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Raile was just one part of a punishing run game: McCook was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 408 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Hastings humbled Gering with a 41-14 victory. Considering the Tigers have won four matchups by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
McCook's record is now 6-3. As for Hastings, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
McCook lost to Hastings on the road by a decisive 38-23 margin in their previous meeting on October 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hastings' Tucker Synek, who threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Now that McCook knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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