Cisco waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 56-14 victory over the Merkel Badgers. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cisco was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Merkel only rushed for 77.
Despite the loss, Merkel still got an impressive performance from Rayson Houston, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Houston a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cisco's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Merkel, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.
Cisco will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Stamford at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. Stamford is on a three-game streak of home wins, Cisco a five-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Merkel, they will challenge Trinity Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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