Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Platte). They blew past the Benson Bunnies, posting a 63-0 win at home. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bulldogs also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2019.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead North Platte to victory, but perhaps none more so than Breckin Torrez, who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: North Platte was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 373 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 288 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to North Platte's defense and their four sacks. Jake Kinkaid was especially locked on to Benson's QB and sacked him three times. Kinkaid is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
North Platte is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for Benson, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-6.
North Platte will square off against Lincoln Southeast at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln Southeast is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.2 points per game this season. As for Benson, they will challenge Bryan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Benson is facing Bryan at the right time seeing as Bryan is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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