You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Twin Loup's strategy against Anselmo-Merna on Friday. The Twin Loup Wolves took down the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes 38-20. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Wolves also won the last time the pair played back in August of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Twin Loup to victory, but perhaps none more so than Garrett Hasenauer, who rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Hasenauer is becoming a predictor of Twin Loup's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Yahya Harris, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Although Anselmo-Merna took the loss, they still got scores from Caenyn Priest, Josiah Griffith, and Dane Duryea.
Twin Loup is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Anselmo-Merna, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Twin Loup will face off against Burwell on Friday. Twin Loup is facing Burwell at the right time seeing as Burwell is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Anselmo-Merna, they will take on Palmer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palmer knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Anselmo-Merna likes a good challenge.
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