Bear River and Center are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Bear River Bruins will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Center Cougars at 7:15 p.m. The timing is sure in Bear River's favor as the squad sits on seven straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Center has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Bear River is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Mira Loma: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bear River blew Mira Loma out of the water with a 55-6 final score. With that victory, the Bruins brought their scoring average up to 29.4 points per game.
Bear River's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jayden Brock, who threw for 71 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. The dominant performance also gave Brock a new career-high in rushing yards (23). Thomas Billingsley was another key player, rushing for 58 yards and two touchdowns.
Bear River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 351 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 173 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Bear River didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Jakob Jamison led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Center played against Wheatland and lost via forfeit.
Bear River is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Center, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Bear River suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Center in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Bear River avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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