Garden Plain has gone 9-0 against Douglass recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Garden Plain Owls will head out to square off against the Douglass Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Garden Plain has three straight wins, Douglass has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Garden Plain challenged Kingman on Friday. Garden Plain enjoyed a cozy 38-21 victory over Kingman. 38 seems to be a good number for the Owls as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Emrick Hays, who rushed for 211 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 107.8 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garden Plain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in 16 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Douglass was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 16-15 to Reno County HomeSchool. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Sabres are ranked 35th).
Garden Plain's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Douglass, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Garden Plain against Douglass when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 48-7 win. Will Garden Plain repeat their success, or does Douglass have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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