Haskell and Archer City are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Haskell Indians will square off against the Archer City Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Haskell focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Things were looking good for Haskell after they put the first points on the board, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 20-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Munday. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Haskell took the loss, they still got scores from Brazos Brendle and Haegen Pinkerton.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three games, Archer City finally came back down to earth on Friday. They came up short against Windthorst, falling 28-8. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Landon Smith and Brock Belcher. Belcher had a great game and threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Smith was balling out in the loss, rushing for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.6 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Archer City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 262 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Haskell now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Archer City, they moved to 4-2 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Haskell has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 155.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Archer City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 377.7. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Haskell barely slipped by Archer City when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 34-33. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Smith, who threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Haskell still be able to contain Smith? There's only one way to find out.
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