The Bellevue West Thunderbirds will face off against the Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
If Bellevue West beats Lincoln Southwest with 62 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Bellevue West simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat South Sioux City 62-0 on the road. The result was nothing new for the Thunderbirds, who have now won three games by 62 points or more so far this season.
Will Anderson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 271 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 33 yards and a touchdown. Tj Whaley also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bellevue West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln Southwest). They claimed a resounding 50-21 win over Lincoln Northeast on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Silver Hawks.
Lincoln Southwest's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brockston Teply, who threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes, and Jackson Crawford, who picked up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown. Crawford was even better on defense, picking up 2.5 sacks and making eight total tackles (3.5 for loss).
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lincoln Southwest's defense and their six sacks. Leading the way was Crawford with 2.5.
Bellevue West has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Lincoln Southwest, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
Everything came up roses for Bellevue West against Lincoln Southwest in their previous meeting back in October of 2020, as the squad secured a 45-13 win. In that contest, Bellevue West amassed a halftime lead of 38-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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