Atchison County has gone 4-0 against Oskaloosa recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Atchison County Tigers will face off against the Oskaloosa Bears. Atchison County will be strutting in after a win while Oskaloosa will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row dating back to last season, Atchison County finally turned things around against Valley Falls on Friday. They claimed a resounding 43-8 victory over the Dragons on the road. The Tigers pushed the score to 35-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Dragons had little chance of recovering from.
Max Bottorff went supernova for Atchison County, rushing for 172 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Bottorff a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Atchison County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Valley Falls only rushed for eight.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Oskaloosa's offense. They were beaten by Jefferson County North 30-0 on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Bears in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost nine in a row.
Atchison County's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Oskaloosa, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-1.
Atchison County didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Oskaloosa when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 26-20 victory. Will Atchison County repeat their success, or does Oskaloosa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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