It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles takes on the Garden Plain Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, Kingman and Garden Plain will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Kingman humbled Douglass with a 41-12 victory. That 29 point margin sets a new team best for the Eagles this season.
Meanwhile, everything went Garden Plain's way against Haven on Friday as Garden Plain made off with a 38-14 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 22-0.
Garden Plain's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Brady Brack, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 74 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brack a new career-high in rushing yards. Seth Dugan was another key rusher, gaining 82 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garden Plain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in 15 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Garden Plain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cooper Scheer and Braylen Dold.
Kingman now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Garden Plain, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Kingman couldn't quite finish off Garden Plain in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 28-25. Thankfully for Kingman, Gage Lee (who rushed for 279 yards while picking up 9.0 yards per carry) 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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