The North Park Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Arickaree Bison at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. North Park is looking for their season's first victory.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-20, which was the final score in North Park's tilt against Weldon Valley on Saturday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arickaree). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 68-22 win over Genoa-Hugo. Considering the Bison have won four contests by more than 38 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
North Park better keep an eye on Austin Wright. He was instrumental in Arickaree's win, rushing for 279 yards and three TDs on only ten carries. Wright's longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Arickaree was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. They are 4-2 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Arickaree's victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-5. As for North Park, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
North Park took a serious blow against Arickaree when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 40-0. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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