Football Preview: Melissa Cardinals vs. Walnut Grove Wildcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals dukes it out withthe Walnut Grove Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, Melissa and Walnut Grove will really light up the scoreboard.
Melissa will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 69-point game in their last game. They fell just short of Emerson by a score of 38-35.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Walnut Grove, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They snuck past Lovejoy with a 41-37 win on Friday.
Cameron Newton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 210 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Newton is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayes Hackney, who threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes.
Walnut Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 261 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Melissa's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Walnut Grove, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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