Highland Park is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Pittsburg is on a four-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Highland Park Scots will face off against the Pittsburg Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Highland Park was able to grind out a solid win over Washington, taking the game 38-28.
Jamon Wilson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 203 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also picking up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 93-yard run. Dontrail Fox was another key player, rushing for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Highland Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 381 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Highland Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tremaine Savage and Rayshon Pollard. Savage also made four total tackles, which is notable because Highland Park is undefeated when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Pittsburg made easy work of Topeka on Friday and carried off a 49-24 victory. Considering the Dragons have won four games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Pittsburg had a senior duo take command as Carsen Nickelson rushed for 74 yards and four touchdowns on only seven carries and Nate Mitchell rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Those 74 rushing yards gave Nickelson a new career-high.
Pittsburg wouldn't let Topeka keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pittsburg can thank Barrett Rink and Conner Proffitt for forcing both of them.
Highland Park's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Pittsburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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