Two dominant signal callers in Drew Sterup and Austin Scheuler are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The North Bend Central Tigers will be playing at home against the Bergan Catholic Knights on Friday. North Bend Central has given up an average of 32.1 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
North Bend Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They managed a 46-40 victory over Aquinas on Friday.
North Bend Central's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Dustin Zakovec, who picked up 194 receiving yards and one score. Zakovec really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Oden, who rushed for 84 yards and one touchdown.
North Bend Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 71.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 160.3.
Bergan Catholic played against Tekamah-Herman on Friday and won via forfeit.
The win (which was Bergan Catholic's fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.0 points on average over those games. As for North Bend Central, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
North Bend Central came up short against Bergan Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, falling 35-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Knights' Cale Sheets, who picked up 102 receiving yards and one TD, and also rushed for 39 yards and one score. Now that the Tigers know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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