The Kearney Catholic Stars are on the road again on Friday to play the Wood River Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Kearney Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.2 points per game this season.
Kearney Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Valentine as Kearney Catholic made off with a 24-0 victory. Considering the Stars have won five games by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kearney Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jacob Bosshamer led the charge by throwing for 166 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.3% of his passes. Pete Homan was in the mix as well, providing Kearney Catholic with two touchdowns.
Kearney Catholic wouldn't let Valentine keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Kearney Catholic can thank Keaton Wemhoff and Hunter Key for forcing both of them. Key is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Wood River had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They came out on top against the Cardinals by a score of 41-30.
Beau Rohrich and Madden Brabec were among the main playmakers for Wood River as the former rushed for 273 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Rohrich showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 60 yards.
Wood River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 457 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests.
Kearney Catholic's record is now 8-2. As for Wood River, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
