Two dominant signal callers in John Thompson and Brandon Cobb are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Bentonville West Wolverines are on the road again on Friday to play the Pulaski Academy Bruins at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bentonville West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Little Rock Christian Academy 38-22.
Meanwhile, Pulaski Academy entered their tilt with Har-Ber on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 58-20 win over the Wildcats. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by 20 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Cobb, who threw for 349 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Will Manning also helped with two touchdowns in total.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pulaski Academy's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ronan Rutherford and Jackson Redman, who racked up five sacks between them. Those three sacks set a new season-high mark for Rutherford.
Bentonville West is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-7 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.8 points per game. As for Pulaski Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
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