Archer City and Haskell are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Archer City Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Haskell Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Archer City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.5 points per game this season.
Archer City had been on a three-game streak of scoring at least 31 points, but Windthorst put an end to it on Friday. Archer City came up short against Windthorst, falling 28-8. The match marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game 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 contests.
Meanwhile, Haskell started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Munday. They took a 20-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Moguls on Friday. 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.
Archer City moved to 4-2 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Haskell, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Archer City has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 377.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Haskell struggles in that department as they've been averaging 155.6. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Archer City and Haskell were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Archer City suffered an agonizing 34-33 defeat. Can Archer City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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