The Clearwater Indians will take on the Chaparral Roadrunners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Clearwater will head out to face Chaparral after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Clearwater was dealt a 50-22 defeat at the hands of Cheney. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Cardinals are ranked 12th).
Despite the loss, Clearwater got top-tier performance from Cooper Williams, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 149 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. Williams showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards.
Meanwhile, Chaparral had to suffer through a 49-10 loss at the hands of Pratt.
This is the second loss in a row for Clearwater and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Friday's contest might be decided in the trenches. Clearwater has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 261.8 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Chaparral, though, as they've been averaging only 84.8. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Clearwater came up short against Chaparral when the teams last played back in October of 2017, falling 34-22. Thankfully for Clearwater, Jake Burke (who rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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