Wink is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Iraan is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wink Wildcats will host the Iraan Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Wink is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by McCamey on the road to the tune of 72-13 on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Wildcats with their most commanding win of the season.
Kemyd Faciane and Layne Lusby were among the main playmakers for Wink as the former rushed for 237 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per carry and the latter threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Faciane really tore up the turf during one magnificent 91-yard run. Abram Bell was another key player, picking up 103 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wink was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 401 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Wink didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jayden Tally and Jake Shuler. Shuler is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last nine games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Iraan's strategy against Eldorado on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Iraan blew Eldorado out of the water with a 70-30 final score. The Braves pushed the score to 49-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of Iraan's win came down to the chemistry between Prather Schneemann and his top target Chris Quintero. Schneemann threw for 385 yards and six touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes while Quintero picked up 265 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Schneemann is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) also went to Cooper Bowman.
Wink's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Iraan, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Wink has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 319.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Iraan has preferred to attack from the air: they average 286.7 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Wink against Iraan in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 34-7 victory. Does Wink have another victory up their sleeve, or will Iraan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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