After each having a week off, the Otis-Bison Cougars and the Marais des Cygnes Valley Trojans will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Otis-Bison is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.8 points per game this season.
Otis-Bison will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two points back in October, then bounced right back against Chase two weeks ago. Otis-Bison simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Chase 62-6. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Jake Hoopingarner continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 173 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Gavin Alloway did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 32 receiving yards.
Otis-Bison didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hoopingarner and Kelson Juno. Juno also hauled in two receiving touchdowns, which is notable because Otis-Bison is 4-1 when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Marais des Cygnes Valley lost to Chetopa on the road by a 62-46 margin two weeks ago.
Despite the defeat, Marais des Cygnes Valley saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Landon Traver picked up 220 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns. Those 220 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Traver. Dalton Lingenfelter also helped out with an impressive 148 receiving yards.
Marais des Cygnes Valley wouldn't let Chetopa keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Lingenfelter, Jayden McClintic, and Tyler Calderwood picked up one apiece.
The win made it two in a row for Otis-Bison and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Marais des Cygnes Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
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