Football Preview: Thompson Falls Blue Hawks vs. Jefferson Panthers
After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Thompson Falls is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Jefferson Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Thompson Falls lost 38-16 to Manhattan on Friday.
Meanwhile, Jefferson faced Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Jefferson took a hard 31-17 fall against Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson. The loss was the Panthers' first of the season.
Jefferson might have lost, but man, Luke Oxarart was a machine: he rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Oxarart a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even if they lost, Jefferson's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. In that department, Brady Armstrong was the leader with 4.5. He is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as he's now sacked two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Jefferson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Thompson Falls now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Jefferson, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Thompson Falls was dealt a bruising 42-6 loss at the hands of Jefferson in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oxarart, who rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. Now that Thompson Falls 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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