The Kimberly Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Sugar-Salem Diggers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Kimberly will head out to face Sugar-Salem after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Kimberly lost 47-21 to Homedale.
Meanwhile, Sugar-Salem is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Star Valley. Sugar-Salem fell to Star Valley 27-21. The Diggers' defeat signaled the end of their 14-game winning streak dating back to last season.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Dawson Mcinelly, who rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Kimball Tonks was in the mix too, providing Sugar-Salem with two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Sugar-Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in 15 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Even if they lost, Sugar-Salem's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Ben Aldrich was the leader with two.
Kimberly's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-3. As for Sugar-Salem, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Kimberly came up short against Sugar-Salem in their previous meeting back in November of 2020, falling 35-27. Thankfully for Kimberly, Logan Cutler (who rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns) 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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