The Central City Bison will challenge the Broken Bow Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Broken Bow better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if Central City's game on Friday is any indication, that's when Central City really gets things going. The Bison put the hurt on Milford with a sharp 43-21 win. The Bison's victory was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Parker Zikmund and Landon Roth. Zikmund had a great game and threw for 261 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 76.2% of his passes. Meanwhile, Roth did his best for the losing side, throwing for 158 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 33 yards and one score.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Central City's defense and their four sacks. Milford's QB won't forget Conner Erickson anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Broken Bow owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They blew past Minden 30-0.
Central City better keep an eye on Aidan Markham. He was instrumental in Broken Bow's win, rushing for 152 yards and three TDs, while also picking up 44 receiving yards. Those three rushing touchdowns gave Markham a new career-high.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Broken Bow proved: they limited Minden to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Cobe Wells for the heroic effort on defense: he. Broken Bow hasn't allowed more than 4.5 yards per carry in three consecutive games.
Broken Bow's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Central City, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Central City strolled past Broken Bow when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a score of 36-19. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Indians' Ayden Clark, who rushed for 111 yards and a pair of scores. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Bison still be able to contain Clark? There's only one way to find out.
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