The Fort Calhoun Pioneers will take on the Boys Town Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Fort Calhoun is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Roncalli Catholic: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Fort Calhoun blew Roncalli Catholic out of the water with a 42-6 final score. The Pioneers pushed the score to 35-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Crimson Pride had little chance of recovering from.
Kaiden Rodriguez was a one-man wrecking crew for Fort Calhoun as he rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Rodriguez is now averaging an impressive 100.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Welchert, who gained 84 total yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Fort Calhoun's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Dylan Keyser. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fort Calhoun was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Boys Town won against Wilber-Clatonia last Friday with 50 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Boys Town took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 50-14 victory over Syracuse. The win was just business as usual For the Cowboys, who after three games remain undefeated this season.
Nyree Poteet had a dynamite game for Boys Town, rushing for 113 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 82 yards and a touchdown on only six passes. Poteet's longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Fort Calhoun's victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Boys Town, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Fort Calhoun won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, slipping by Boys Town 30-29. Will Fort Calhoun repeat their success, or does Boys Town have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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