The McCook Bison will venture away from home to take on the Waverly Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. McCook will be strutting in after a victory while Waverly will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, McCook strolled past Aurora with points to spare, taking the game 33-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bison.
Tristan Campbell had a dynamite game for McCook, rushing for 254 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Schmidt, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown.
McCook's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Ty Junker, Quentin Terry, and Gabe Roberts picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Roberts is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McCook was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in five consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Waverly ended up a good deal behind Seward on Friday and lost 35-21.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Carter Mcmillan, who rushed for 87 yards on only 12 carries, and also threw for 156 yards and a touchdown.
McCook's record is now 2-0. As for Waverly, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
McCook came up short against Waverly in their previous matchup back in November of 2018, falling 36-30. Thankfully for McCook, Rhett Jordon (who rushed for 297 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry, and also threw for 117 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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