The Winside Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Lyons-Decatur Northeast Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lyons-Decatur Northeast took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Winside, who comes in off a win.
Winside's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They really took it to Newman Grove/St. Edward for the full four quarters, racking up a 54-0 victory at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Jayden Aschoff had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 31 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 73 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Jahiem Hamik was in the mix as well, providing Winside with three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 64-26, which was the final score in Lyons-Decatur Northeast's tilt against Howells-Dodge on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Jaguars are ranked 15th).
Despite the loss, Lyons-Decatur Northeast had strong showings from Gavin Hardeman, who rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and Landen Cooper, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Hardeman's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Even though they lost, Lyons-Decatur Northeast was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 290 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Winside now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Lyons-Decatur Northeast, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Winside was taken down by Lyons-Decatur Northeast 72-22 in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Winside was down 48-8.
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