The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Bellevue West Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lincoln Southwest will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Lincoln Southwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on the road on Thursday with ease, bagging a 50-21 victory over Lincoln Northeast.
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. An impressive showing, but Crawford really ramped things up playing D: he picked up 2.5 sacks and made eight total tackles (3.5 for loss). Another big playmaker for Lincoln Southwest was Jace Erickson, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Lincoln Southwest's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. Leading the way was Crawford with 2.5 sacks.
Meanwhile, Bellevue West got themselves on the board against South Sioux City on Friday, but South Sioux City never followed suit. They beat the Cardinals by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 62-0. Given the Thunderbirds' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Cardinals are ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Will Anderson, who threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: 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.
Lincoln Southwest's record now sits at 2-4. As for Bellevue West, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Lincoln Southwest took a serious blow against Bellevue West in their previous meeting back in October of 2020, falling 45-13. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lincoln Southwest was down 38-7.
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