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| 08/29/25 - Home | 68-24 W |
| 08/30/24 - Away | 38-14 W |
| 09/27/19 - Home | 0-56 L |
| 09/21/18 - Away | 2-48 L |
| 08/25/17 - Away | 6-28 L |
| + 2 more games |
Boyd County took care of business in their home opener (and then some) on Friday. They claimed a resounding 68-24 victory over the North Central Knights. The Spartans pushed the score to 68-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Barrett Koenig and Ben Schmitz. Koenig rushed for 147 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries while Schmitz gained 160 total yards and three touchdowns. Those 147 rushing yards gave Koenig a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Charlie Adams, who rushed for 82 yards and one TD on only six carries.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Boyd County proved: they limited North Central to a paltry 1.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Austin Cadwallader for the heroic effort on defense: he. Boyd County didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 16.
Although North Central took the loss, they still got scores from Brandt Lezotte, Leighton Fischer, Parker Lewis, and Landon Stephen.
Boyd County wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 34-28 win against Elkhorn Valley on the 5th. As for North Central, they have also already played their next match, a 54-20 loss against Chambers/Wheeler Central on the 5th.
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