Pawnee City is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Diller-Odell is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pawnee City Indians will welcome the Diller-Odell Griffin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pawnee City's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 53-0 victory over Sterling on the road. The 53-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Pawnee City's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jesse Mclaughlin, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, and Anthony Kling, who threw for 20 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Mclaughlin has posted since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pawnee City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Pawnee City wouldn't let Sterling keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pawnee City can thank Jett Farwell and Hayden Binder for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Diller-Odell took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-19 win over Dorchester. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 47-6.
Pawnee City's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Diller-Odell, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Pawnee City was dealt a bruising 62-26 loss at the hands of Diller-Odell in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Pawnee City was down 48-0.
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