Syracuse hasn't had much luck against Wilber-Clatonia recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Syracuse Rockets will host the Wilber-Clatonia Wolverines. Syracuse is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.8 points per game this season.
Syracuse is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Auburn just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 21-14 to the Bulldogs. Despite 72 more yards than the Bulldogs, the Rockets couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tieran Cox and Nixon Ligouri. Ligouri had a great game and rushed for 168 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Cox was balling out in the loss, rushing for 135 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Even though they lost, Syracuse was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 261 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wilber-Clatonia). They put the hurt on Falls City with a sharp 49-27 win on Friday. The victory was nothing new for the Wolverines as they're now sitting on three straight.
Syracuse's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Wilber-Clatonia, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season.
Syracuse was taken down by Wilber-Clatonia 49-18 when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Syracuse avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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