Goodland hasn't had much luck against Holcomb recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Goodland Cowboys are taking a road trip to square off against the Holcomb Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Goodland blew past Oakley, posting a 51-6 win on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cowboys.
Chayton Goodwin went supernova for Goodland, rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Goodwin a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Goodland's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Xavier Jackson was especially locked on to Oakley's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Holcomb made easy work of Ulysses on Friday and carried off a 42-16 victory.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Holcomb was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ulysses only rushed for 69.
Goodland now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Holcomb, they pushed their record up to 2-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Goodland was dealt a bruising 55-14 defeat at the hands of Holcomb in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Goodland was down 21-0.
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