The Kearney Bearcats will square off against the Lincoln East Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kearney's defense has only allowed 14.5 points per game this season, so Lincoln East's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Kearney is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Omaha North, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Kearney was ranked eighth). Kearney walked away with a 13-6 victory over Omaha North on Friday.
The critical scores for Kearney came from Keeghan Hunt and Sawyer Schilke.
One reason for the win was Kearney's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Omaha North's QB won't forget Reese Bertrand anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Lincoln East had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three last Thursday. They came out on top against the Silver Hawks by a score of 21-10. The matchup marked the Spartans' most dominant win of the season so far.
Kearney's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Lincoln East, their win bumped their record up to an identical 3-1.
Kearney beat Lincoln East 41-28 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Does Kearney have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lincoln East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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