The Garden City Bearkats will head out on the road to square off against the Westbrook Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Garden City is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Garden City was beaten by Trinity 48-18. The contest marked the Bearkats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Westbrook faced Buena Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Westbrook took a 42-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of Buena Vista.
Despite the defeat, Westbrook got top-tier performance from Grayson Jeffrey, who rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also threw for 105 yards while completing 75% of his passes. With that strong performance, Jeffrey is now averaging an impressive 104.2 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Zach Avants, who picked up 20 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Westbrook was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Garden City now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Westbrook, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Garden City was taken down by Westbrook 60-8 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Garden City was down 60-8.
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