Sherwood is 1-9 against Butler since August of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sherwood Marksmen will head out on the road to square off against the Butler Bears at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Last Friday, Sherwood got the win against Versailles by a conclusive 30-6. The Marksmen pushed the score to 30-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Jake Kanzler looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 158 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Sherwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kanzler and Logan Mueller.
Meanwhile, Butler got themselves on the board against El Dorado Springs on Friday, but El Dorado Springs never followed suit. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bulldogs 42-0. Considering the Bears have won three contests by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Butler relied on the efforts of Xavier Wisdom, who rushed for 78 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, and Kellen Long, who rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns. Butler is 4-2 when Long posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The victory made it two in a row for Sherwood and bumps their season record up to 5-4. As for Butler, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season.
Sherwood didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Butler in their previous matchup back in September, but they still walked away with a 34-28 win. Will Sherwood repeat their success, or does Butler have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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