The Southwestern Heights Mustangs will take on the Southeast of Saline Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southwestern Heights has given up an average of 43.4 points per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Southwestern Heights had to suffer through a 55-14 loss at the hands of Holcomb. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their meetings with the Longhorns: they've now lost six in a row.
Omar Mercado put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 71 yards and one TD on only nine carries, and also threw for 118 yards on 11 of 21 attempts.
Meanwhile, Southeast of Saline really took it to Ellsworth for the full four quarters, racking up a 53-12 victory. Fans of the Trojans have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Southwestern Heights better focus on containing Grady Gebhardt and Tiernan Ptacek as the pair were huge in Southeast of Saline's win. Gebhardt rushed for 234 yards and four scores while picking up 11.7 yards per carry, while Ptacek threw for 106 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only nine passes. Gebhardt has been hot, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last five times he's played.
Southeast of Saline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 362 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2024.
Southeast of Saline's record now sits at 8-0. As for Southwestern Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
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