Two dominant signal callers in Jeremiah Miller and Easton Huck are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lincoln Leopards will take on the South Central Timberwolves on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln comes in on four and South Central on 12.
Lincoln is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Sylvan-Lucas as they made off with a 48-28 victory. The Leopards might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by 20 points or more this season.
A big part of Lincoln's win came down to the chemistry between Xavier Miller and his top target Benjamin Bell. Miller picked up 134 receiving yards and two scores while Bell rushed for 165 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 14 carries. Bell's longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Lincoln was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, South Central faced Hill City in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Timberwolves walked away with a 40-32 victory over the Ringnecks. That's two games straight that the Timberwolves have won by exactly eight points.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Huck and Tate Balthazor. Huck had a great game and rushed for 175 yards and three TDs while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Balthazor was balling out in the loss, rushing for 157 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 44 yards and a pair of TDs.
Lincoln's record is now 11-1. As for South Central, their record now sits at 12-0.
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