The Centennial Broncos are taking a road trip to challenge the McCool Junction Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Centennial has struggled recently with nine defeats in a row, while McCool Junction will arrive with five straight wins.
Centennial is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 38 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Shelby-Rising City on Friday. They had to suffer through an 84-8 loss at the hands of the Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Huskies are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McCool Junction). They really took it to Heartland for the full four quarters, racking up a 64-24 victory. The Mustangs pushed the score to 58-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
McCool Junction's win came from a few key players Centennial will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Carson McDonald, who rushed for 76 yards and two scores on only nine carries, and also threw for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. Jaxon McDonald was in the mix as well, providing McCool Junction with two TDs.
McCool Junction didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Heartland to a completion percentage of just 42.9%. The Mustangs hasn't an opponent to post a completion percentage of 0.58 or higher in four consecutive contests.
McCool Junction didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. McDonald picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. He got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for McCool Junction, their record now sits at 5-1.
Centennial suffered a grim 58-34 defeat to McCool Junction in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Can the Broncos avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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