The Smackover Buckaroos will head out on the road to square off against the Centerpoint Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Smackover has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Centerpoint will come in with five straight victories.
Smackover is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Bismarck on Friday. Smackover fell 36-27 to Bismarck.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Centerpoint). They claimed a resounding 46-6 win over Parkers Chapel on the road. With the Knights ahead 30-6 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Centerpoint's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Beau McGough led the charge by rushing for 60 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries. Another rusher making a difference was Dustin Cox, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Centerpoint's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Chris Borgeson was especially locked on to Parkers Chapel's QB and sacked him twice.
Smackover now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Centerpoint, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Smackover and Centerpoint were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in September of 2019, but Smackover suffered an agonizing 43-42 loss. Can Smackover avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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