The Bellevue East Chieftains will head out to take on the Grand Island Islanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bellevue East is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Bellevue East is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Westview on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bellevue East was dealt a 55-14 loss at the hands of Westview. The Chieftains were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Bellevue East wouldn't let Westview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bellevue East can thank Jacob Montes and Jack Duncan for forcing both of them. Duncan also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Meanwhile, Grand Island was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell to Lincoln North Star 13-7.
Grand Island might have lost, but man, Nelsyn Wheeler was a machine: he rushed for 177 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
Even if they lost, Grand Island's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Adolfo Loeza was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Bellevue East's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Grand Island, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Bellevue East was taken down by Grand Island 49-7 in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Thankfully for Bellevue East, Cole Evans (who rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 86 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his 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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