The Wood River Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Wood River sitting on four straight wins and Doniphan-Trumbull on five.
Wood River will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 28-point they dealt Superior on Friday. Wood River claimed a resounding 42-14 victory over Superior at home. The Eagles pushed the score to 35-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.
Beau Rohrich and Madden Brabec were among the main playmakers for Wood River as the former rushed for 209 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Brabec's longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wood River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Doniphan-Trumbull never let their opponents score on Friday. They breezed by St. Cecilia on the road to the tune of 36-0. Considering the Cardinals have won five contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Wood River's record is now 7-1. As for Doniphan-Trumbull, their record now sits at an identical 7-1.
Wood River ended up a good deal behind Doniphan-Trumbull in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, losing 30-14. Thankfully for Wood River, Jaden Williams (who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 161 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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