The White Deer Bucks will venture away from home to take on the Booker Kiowas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
White Deer is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Claude on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. White Deer had to suffer through a 59-14 loss at the hands of Claude. The Bucks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Booker had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44 points) and they went ahead and made it four last Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mustangs 73-28. The result was nothing new for the Kiowas, who have now won six matchups by 24 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Booker to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chase Nelson, who threw for 214 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 65 yards on only six carries. Another player making a difference was Xavier Aguilera, who gained 133 total yards and four touchdowns.
Booker pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.2 points per game. As for White Deer, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
White Deer was dealt a bruising 50-6 defeat at the hands of Booker in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for White Deer, Tristin Nelson (who rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 67 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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