The Basehor-Linwood Bobcats will venture away from home to take on the West Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Basehor-Linwood has four straight victories, West has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Basehor-Linwood didn't have too much trouble with De Soto at home as they won 21-7.
A big part of Basehor-Linwood's win came down to the chemistry between Carson Dixon and his top target Austin Adair. Dixon threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns while Adair picked up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Adair was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 61 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Basehor-Linwood's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Christian Locke and Garrett Pierce, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Pierce also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 16. Jacob Sharp was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles (2.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception which he returned for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for West's offense. They had to suffer through a 63-0 loss at the hands of Lansing.
Basehor-Linwood pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for West, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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