Meeker has gone 9-1 against North Fork recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Meeker Cowboys will head out to take on the North Fork Miners at 7:00 p.m. Meeker is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Meeker's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Roaring Fork 40-0 on the road. The contest marked the Cowboys' most dominant win of the season.
Clay Crawford continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. Tyler Sanders got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meeker was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 337 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meeker didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Said Rodriguez and Sanders.
Meanwhile, North Fork had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took down the Bruins 14-0.
Meeker's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for North Fork, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-2.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Meeker has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 233.2 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like North Fork struggles in that department as they've been averaging 246. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Meeker won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, slipping by North Fork 36-35. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was North Fork's Hayden Josiah Moreno, who rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Meeker to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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