Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany Redskins at 7:00 p.m. Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland]'s offense hasn't had much luck over their past three matches, but Friday's matchup will give them a chance to turn things around.
Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Cumberland on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] was beaten by Cumberland 42-8.
Meanwhile, Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Nokomis by a score of 33-20. Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany's win was all the more impressive since Nokomis was averaging only 12.71 points allowed on the season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Aian Fryman and Nolan Herpstreith. Fryman had a great game and rushed for 301 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Herpstreith was balling out in the loss, rushing for 166 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 236 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland]'s loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] was dealt a bruising 46-6 defeat at the hands of Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany's Cooper Christensen, who threw for 276 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Now that Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] knows 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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