Karns City and DuBois are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Karns City Gremlins will be playing at home against the DuBois Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Karns City will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Brookville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Karns City blew past Brookville 34-7 on the road last Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gremlins.
Owen Heginbotham was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 119.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Slater, who rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Slater wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Karns City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 416 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 325 rushing yards in five consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for DuBois at home against Bradford on Friday as the team secured a 61-7 win.
Trey Wingard was a one-man wrecking crew for DuBois as he threw for 274 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per attempt.
Karns City's victory ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for DuBois, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Karns City came up short against DuBois in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 41-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wingard, who threw for 324 yards and four touchdowns. Now that Karns City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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