The Wynot Blue Devils will face off against the Lyons-Decatur Northeast Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Wynot is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 50-12 victory over Randolph on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-6.
Wynot's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Devin Brummer led the charge by throwing for 284 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. Braylon Hans was Brummer's top target, picking up 156 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lyons-Decatur Northeast, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They breezed by Winside at home to the tune of 60-22 on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cougars had established a 34 point advantage.
Lyons-Decatur Northeast had a senior duo take command as Landen Cooper rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry and Gavin Hardeman rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Cooper has posted since back in September of 2023. Masen Olsen was another key player, rushing for 32 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lyons-Decatur Northeast was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 450 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in 12 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lyons-Decatur Northeast's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Garret Vavra and Kaden Knaak, who racked up five sacks between them. Vavra is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
The win got Wynot back to even at 2-2. As for Lyons-Decatur Northeast, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Wynot strolled past Lyons-Decatur Northeast in their previous matchup back in October of 2015 by a score of 52-36. Will Wynot repeat their success, or does Lyons-Decatur Northeast have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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