Pleasant Hope/Halfway will venture away from home to challenge the Sherwood Marksmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Hope/Halfway will be strutting in after a win while Sherwood will be coming in after a loss.
Pleasant Hope/Halfway will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Central on Friday. Pleasant Hope/Halfway walked away with a 56-44 victory over Central.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pleasant Hope/Halfway to victory, but perhaps none more so than Caleb Altic, who rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also picked up 106 receiving yards and a touchdown. Altic also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making eight total tackles. Case Murray was another key receiver, picking up 163 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Pleasant Hope/Halfway wouldn't let Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Carson Simon, Rourke Price, and Price picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, Sherwood was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were beaten by Warsaw 49-7. While losing is never fun, the Marksmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Wildcats are ranked 67th).
Pleasant Hope/Halfway's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Sherwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
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