The Barnum Bombers will challenge the East Central Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Barnum has six straight wins, East Central has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Barnum is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Cherry: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Bombers blew the Tigers out of the water with a 52-8 final score. Considering the Bombers have won five games by more than 33 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Barnum didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Conner Blake and Daymian Beckstrand. Blake got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, East Central scored the most points they've had this season on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough. They received a blow as they fell 58-44 to Chisholm. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (40), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
East Central's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Barnum, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Everything came up roses for Barnum against East Central when the teams last played back in September, as the squad secured a 56-8 win. Will the Bombers repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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